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University of Toronto Archives William Edward Gallie fonds William Edward Gallie fonds B2013-0001 Compiled by Tys Klumpenhouwer February 2013 © University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services 2012 1 University of Toronto Archives William Edward Gallie fonds Dates [189-?] - 1963 Extent 1.45 m of textual records, .36 m of graphic records: 85 photographs; b&w, 4 x-rays, 16 illustrations/sketches, 36 glass plate slides, 1 reel of 16mm film Biographical Sketch Dr. William Edward Gallie (1882-1959) was a pioneering orthopedic surgeon and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He was born on January 29, 1882 in Barrie, Ontario to William Gallie, a building contractor and mill operator, and Anne Gray. Gallie graduated from Barrie High School in 1899. Finding the work of his father uninspiring, Gallie entered the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto at the age of 17. Gallie graduated in the spring of 1903, and immediately began work as an intern at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (1903-1904). Gallie spent the next several years interning at the Toronto General Hospital (1904-1905) before moving to New York’s Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled (1905-1906). Upon completion of his internship in New York, Gallie returned to Toronto and gained employment at the Hospital for Sick Children. Concurrently, Gallie was appointed junior surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital, a position he held until 1910 when he shifted his focus solely to the Hospital for Sick Children and became an assistant to the Chief of Orthopaedic Service, Dr. C.L. Starr. Starr taught Gallie as a pupil at the University of Toronto, supervised him through his initial internship at the Hospital for Sick Children, and would become Gallie’s mentor as a young surgeon at the Hospital. From 1906-1910, Gallie developed a strong research interest in the surgical correction of paralysis. A proponent of animal experimentation to improve surgical techniques, Gallie developed a method of tendon fixation to stabilize paralytic feet and began publishing papers on the topic, bringing him a great deal of recognition amongst his peers. In 1914, Gallie married Janet Louise Hart with whom he had 3 children; Alan Edward, Marion Louise, and Hugh Richmond. The outbreak of the First World War saw the departure of many Canadian doctors as they joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force overseas. Gallie’s fellow surgeons at the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Starr, Dr. D.E. Robertson, and Dr. B. Robertson all joined the war effort. Gallie remained the lone surgeon at the hospital until 1917, when he replaced Starr in England at the Canadian Special Treatment Hospital. While serving for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Gallie graduated to the rank of Major (Act.) before the end of the war. When Gallie returned to Canada, he became the Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children, a post he held until 1929. During his time at the helm of the Hospital for Sick Children, Gallie began some of his most famous surgical experiments, publishing papers on the transplantation of fascia 2 University of Toronto Archives William Edward Gallie fonds into tendons, and applying the method to the treatment of hernias and to the repair of anatomical defects. In 1929, Gallie replaced Dr. Starr as the Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. Gallie was also appointed Surgeon-in-Chief of the Toronto General Hospital, a position he held until 1936 when he became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. During his time at the U of T, Gallie established a training regimen for medical students that qualified them to become part of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This move helped bring medical training in Canada on par with the courses in England and the United States. When the Second World War broke out, Gallie helped to establish a program for Canadian military surgeons to return home for 6 month periods in order to share their experiences with their University. Gallie also served as the President of the American College of Surgeons from 1941-1946. Gallie formally retired from his position at the University of Toronto in 1947, but continued to aid the medical profession by delivering lectures, addresses, and establishing scholarships and trust funds for medical students. William Edward Gallie died on September 25, 1959 at the age of 77.1 Scope and Content The William Edward Gallie fonds consists of 6 series based largely on his work as a surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Toronto General Hospital, as well as his role at the University of Toronto as Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine. The majority of the records relate to Gallie’s publications, lectures, public addresses, and research. The fonds also includes a small amount of personal ephemera such as event invitations and newspaper clippings. The W. E. Gallie fonds consists of the following series: 1) Writings & Publication Drafts, 2) Lectures and Public Addresses, 3) Research, 4) Correspondence, 5) Personal Ephemera, and 6) Photographs & Graphic Materials. Custodial History This collection of records was offered to the University of Toronto Archives by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. It is unclear where the records were kept between the time of Gallie’s death and their arrival at the U of T Archives, however annotations on some of the publications indicate that Gallie’s son, Hugh, may have had custody of the records at one point. Arrangement Notes The records in the Gallie fonds arrived with no clear order and have been placed into series largely based on subject and content. 1 The majority of the biographical information found on W.E. Gallie is taken from a eulogy written by R. I. Harris, which is included in this collection in B2013-0001/008(21) 3 University of Toronto Archives William Edward Gallie fonds Restrictions on Access Patient records are restricted under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). See series and file level descriptions for details. The rest of the fonds is open. Series 1 – Writings & Publication Drafts Dates [ca.190-] – [ca.1959] Extent .29 m of textual records, 18 photographs; b&w Scope and Content This series consists of W. E. Gallie’s writings, manuscripts and reports that eventually went to publication. The series consists of both typed and handwritten reports, drafts, some correspondence related to copying and publishing, and in some cases, medical photographs or images have been attached as figures. A bibliography of many of Gallie’s works is included. Some of the publications in this series are co-authored by Gallie and Dr.’s Robertson, LeMesurier, and Janes. The files in this series have been arranged in chronological order. The titles for the files in this series reflect the given title of each report, if one exists. Arrangement Note The photographs that exist in this series directly relate to textual information found within the files. Photographs that were not found within the textual records below, but may relate directly to the content of the file have been cross-referenced with their photographic reference number and location from Series 4 – Photographs & Graphic Materials. B2013- (file) Description Date(s) 0001/ Box /001 1 Gallie Bibliography [ca.1959] 2 Manuscript on infections [ca.195-] 3 Manuscript on inflammation [ca.191-] 4 A New Treatment of the Fracture of the Neck of the Femur [ca.1907] 5 Fracture of the Neck of the Femur [ca. 1907] 6 Caries of the Spine 1909 7 Treatment of High Dorsal Pott’s Disease 1909 8 Tendon Fixation 1913 9 Tendon Fixation for Deformity Resulting from Partial Paralysis 1914 10 Hip Joint Disease: Treatment [ca.191-] 11 Tendon Fixation – An Operation for the Prevention of Deformity 1913 in Infantile Paralysis 12 The History of the Bone Graft 1914 4 University of Toronto Archives William Edward Gallie fonds 13 Constitutional Treatment of Tuberculosis Disease in Bones and [ca.191-] Joints 14 Tendon Fixation in Infantile Paralysis. Includes 3 photographs; 1915 b&w, of plaster casts (figures) 15 Tendon Fixation in Infantile Paralysis: A Review of 100/150 1916 Operations 16 Surgical Treatment of Infantile Paralysis [ca.191-] 17 The Use of Bone as Spinal Support [ca.191-] 18 Bone Wedging [ca.191-] /001P 2 Illustration from “Bone Wedging” (1 illustration) 1915 /001 19 How Canada is Caring for Her Crippled Soldiers [ca.191-] 20 The Transplantation of Bone – with Dr. Robertson 1918 /001P 4 Figures used in “Transplantation of Bone” (5 illustrations, 10 1918 photographs; b&w) /001 21 The Use of Boiled Bone in Operative Surgery 1918 22 Chronic Septic Inflammation of Bone Following a Gun Shot 1919 Wound 23 The Lengthening of Amputation Stumps 1919 24 Splenectomy in Hemorrhagic Purpura [ca.192-] 25 The Surgical Treatment of Splenomegaly [ca.192-] /002 1 The Implantation of Tendons 1921 2 The Use of Living Sutures in Operative Surgery includes 15 b&w 1921 photographs (figures) 3 Untitled paper on the surgical treatment of hernias [ca.192-] 4 Habitual Dislocation of the Patella – with Dr. LeMesurier 1924 /001P 8 Figures from “Habitual Dislocation of the Patella” (2 illustrations) 1924 5 Transplantation of Fibrous Tissues in Repair of Anatomical Defects 1924 – With Dr. LeMesurier /001P 10 Figures from “The Transplantation of Fibrous Tissues” (3 1924 photographs) /002 6 Haemolytic Jaundice Associated with Splenomegaly – with Dr. 1926 Janes 7 Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis 1927 8 The Late Repair of Fractures of the Patella – with Dr. LeMesurier 1927 9

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