1. William Blair-Bell was a British medical doctor and gynaecologist who was most notable as the founder of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 1929.
20 Facts About William Blair-Bell
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William Blair-Bell was the subject of a biography by Sir John H Peel.
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William Blair-Bell started his early education in 1885, attending Rossall School, leaving in summer 1890.
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William Blair-Bell started his medical career after winning a Warneford scholarship in 1900 to King's College School and attended King's College Hospital.
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At Kings, William Blair-Bell won the Tanner Prize for proficiency in diseases in obstetrics and gynaecology.
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In 1928 William Blair-Bell was elected a Fellow to the college.
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William Blair-Bell began his medical career in general practice, but decided to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology.
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In 1905 William Blair-Bell was appointed to a position as assistant consulting gynocologist at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, working as a surgeon, in the outpatient department and as a gynaecologist to the Wallasey Cottage Hospital.
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In 1921, William Blair-Bell became Professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, replacing Henry Briggs at the University of Liverpool, a position he held until 1931, when he resigned, becoming the emeritus professor.
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In 1911, William Blair-Bell founded the Gynaecological Visiting Society of Great Britain.
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William Blair-Bell discussed the idea with several people including Sir Ewen Maclean, the first Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Wales and Sir Comyns Berkeley, obstetric and gynaecological surgeon.
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William Blair-Bell was uncompromising in his belief that it should be a college.
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William Blair-Bell was made Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania and was an honorary member of obstetric and gynaecological societies in Belgium and the United States.
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William Blair-Bell died in 1929, and they had no children.
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On 25 January 1936 William Blair-Bell collapsed on a train on his way home from London to Eardiston House, Shropshire.
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William Blair-Bell was taken to Royal Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury where he was found to be dead.
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William Blair-Bell displayed a particular knack for research and writing scientific papers even as a medical student.
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William Blair-Bell was banned from the University of Liverpool department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology until he was appointed to the chair in 1931.
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William Blair-Bell was interested in the causes and treatment of cancer.
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When this proved fruitless, William Blair-Bell started to experiment with the use of Lead as a treatment, assuming that as an abortifacient, it could reduce or inhibit the growth of cancer.