William Heneage Ogilvie
William Heneage Ogilvie | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 14, 1887 |
| Died | April 15, 1971 (aged 83) |
| Occupations | Surgeon, writer |
Major General Sir William Heneage Ogilvie K.B.E., M.Ch., F.R.C.S. (July 14, 1887 – April 15, 1971)[1] was an accomplished British surgeon, medical essayist, and yachtsman.[2]
Early life
Ogilvie was born in Valparaiso, on 14 July 1887 during his British father's engineering career in Chile.[3] In 1910, he attended Clifton College and New College, Oxford pursuing physiology.[3] He then attended Guy's Hospital, a predecessor institution of GKT School of Medical Education, for his medical training and obtained his FRCS by 1920.[4]
Later life
A great deal of Ogilvie's adult life was spent in the British Army, where he served in the Balkan Wars in 1912, the first world war in France, and finally as a consulting surgeon with the Middle East and East Africa Forces in the second world war, attaining the rank of Major-General and KBE.[4]
Ogilvie favoured a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet. He wrote the foreword for Richard Mackarness' book Eat Fat and Grow Slim in 1958.[5] The Ogilvie syndrome, an acute illness affecting the colon, is named after Ogilvie, who first reported it in 1948.
Joyce Cary's novel The Horse's Mouth is dedicated 'to Heneage Ogilvie'.
Personal life
Ogilvie married Vere Quitter in 1915 and raised three children.[4]
Selected publications
- Surgery, Orthodox and Heterodox (1948)
- No Miracles Among Friends (1959)
- The Tired Business Man (1964)
See also
References
- ^ "Obituary Notices" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 2 (5756): 282–284. 1971. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5756.282. S2CID 220140915.
- ^ Sir William Heneage Ogilvie at Whonamedit?
- ^ a b Ivatury, Rao R. (1 April 2021). "Our Surgical Heritage: Great Scots of Anatomy and Surgery". Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery. 10 (1): 8–15. doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1315.
- ^ a b c "Lives of the Fellows". The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Ogilvie, Sir William Heneage (1887 - 1971)
- ^ Fox, Matthew. Allergic to Innovation? Dietary Change and Debate about Food Allergy in the United States. In David Gentilcore; Matthew Smith. (2018). Proteins, Pathologies and Politics: Dietary Innovation and Disease from the Nineteenth Century. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 3-4. ISBN 9781350056893
- ^ Haubrich WS (2008). "Ogilvie of the Ogilvie Syndrome". Gastroenterology. 135 (2): 337. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.071.