Henry Philbrick Nelson, MA MD FRCS (1902-36) a promising career cut short.
This paper presents the story of a brilliant surgeon-anatomist. Henry Philbrick Nelson qualified from St Bartholomew's in 1927 and was admitted FRCS in 1929. Then he served as an anatomy demonstrator. He was a pioneer in the field of bronchial and segmental anatomy of the lung. Tragically, he died at the young age of 34 from a streptococcal infection contracted while operating.
Bucher
Thomas
T
Guy's & St. Thomas's Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK. tombucher@doctors.net.uk
Ellis
Harold
H
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history*