Tag: James Franklin
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Edward Leicester Atkinson: Parasitologist, explorer, war hero
James L. FranklinChicago, Illinois, United States Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881–1929)—known to the members of the Terra Nova Expedition as “Atch”—was senior expedition surgeon of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. Born in the West Indies to European parents, he studied medicine at St. Thomas Hospital in London. Shortly after joining the Royal Navy, he applied for…
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Billroth
James L. FranklinChicago, Illinois, United States Presented in an expanded version to the Chicago Literary Club, January 25, 1982 In the days when medical wards were full of patients consuming milk and cream along with graded Sippy diets supplemented by Sippy powders (later tasteless aluminum gels and suspensions) and surgeons were busily removing gastric cancers…