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Sir John Bruce Frcsed Sir John Bruce Reference and contact details: GB 779 RCSEd GD/17 Location: RS Q5 Title: Sir John Bruce Dates of Creation: Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Extent: Name of Creator: Language of Material: English. Level of Description: Date(s) of Description: 1981; revised March 2009; listed 2018 Administrative/Biographical History: John Bruce (1905‐1975) was born in Dalkeith. He graduated at Edinburgh University with Honours in 1928. After appointments at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, he worked for a time as assistant in general practice at Grimsby. When he returned to Edinburgh he ran with Ian Aird (later Professor Aird) a course for the final Fellowship examinations ‘of such excellence that few candidates felt they could appear for the exam without having attended it’. On the 17th May 1932 he became a Fellow of this College. In World War II, he served with distinction in the Royal Army Medical Corps, first in Orkney and then in Norway. Later, he was Brigadier and Consulting Surgeon with the XIVth Army in India and Burma. In 1951, at the Western General Hospital, he and Wilfred Card set up what was probably the first gastro‐intestinal unit in which a physician and a surgeon were in joint charge. In 1956 he was appointed Regius Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh University. Sir John was a sound general surgeon with a particular interest in carcinoma of the breast and in gastro‐intestinal disease. He was a consummate surgical pathologist, wrote notable papers and contributed many chapters in various textbooks. He was chiefly responsible for the foundation of the Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1955 being its editor for twenty years. Many honours came his way. He was knighted in 1963 and was Honorary Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth from 1966 to 1975. He was President of the College from 1957‐1962. He was President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the James IV Association of Surgeons, the British Cancer Council, the Eastern Surgical Society of America and the International Federation of Surgical Colleges and Associations. John Bruce was a great ambassador for the College, travelling extensively and meeting Fellows in all parts of the world. See: Masson, A.H.B. Portraits, paintings & busts in the RCSEd. Edinburgh: RCSEd, 1995 Papers not yet catalogued Sir John bequeathed four ward books of patient records from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: all stored at BS O6 1854, July 15th – 1855, February 26th (Syme and Lister) 1860, December 25th – 1861, April 2nd. (Syme and Annandale) 1866, March 21st – 1867, March 30th (Syme and Hamilton) Wards 1‐6 1869, Nov 1st – 1870, Jan 21st (James Cumming) Wards 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 (Private) © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 1 of 65 GD 17/1 17/1/1 Congenital dislocation of the hip, vol 1, by John Bruce. 1931 17/1/2 Congenital dislocation of the hip, vol 2, by John Bruce. 1931 GD 17/2 17/2/1 Letter of application from, and testimonials in favour of, John Bruce, candidate for the post of Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. 1937 17/2/2 Letter of application from, and testimonials in favour of, John Bruce, candidate for the post of Pathologist to Leith Hospital. 2 copies, 1 with annotations. 1937 17/2/3 Letter of royal appointment to the position of Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. 31 July 1956 17/2/4 Special minute from the University of Edinburgh about John Bruce. 17/2/5 Certificate of Honorary Fellowship conferred on John Bruce by the American College of Surgeons. 18 October 1957 17/2/6 Certificate of Honorary Membership conferred on John Bruce by the St Paul Surgical Society. 20 November 1957 17/2/7 Certificate of an Honorary Degree conferred on John Bruce by the University of Alberta. 1962? 17/2/8 Certificate of Honorary Fellowship conferred on John Bruce by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. 13 May 1966 17/2/9 Certificate of appointment of Officer in the Territorial Army conferred on John Bruce. 13 May 1938 © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 2 of 65 GD 17/3 – Pamphlets written by John Bruce 17/3/1 Typed list of publications written by John Bruce. 17/3/2 A reconsideration of congenital dislocation of the hip in childhood. November 1930 17/3/3 Post‐traumatic osteodystrophy at joints. 1934 17/3/4 Structural anomalies of the forefoot in relation to some metatarsal disturbances. 1937 17/3/5 Massive spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage. 1937 17/3/6 Some unusual foot conditions. July 1937 17/3/7 The early stages of replacement of the semilunar cartilages of the knee joint in rabbits after operative excision. January 1938 17/3/8 Some observations on the arches of the foot and flat‐foot. 17 September 1938 17/3/9 The behavior of the bones and joints of the foot in response to injury. February 1938 17/3/10 The management of flat foot. March 1939 17/3/11 Localized Volkmann’s contracture. July 1940 17/3/12 Minor surgery in general practice. November 1940 17/3/13 Excision of the patella. April 1942 17/3/14 Citation for Traumatic perforation of the intestine as a complication of inguinal hernia. 1942 17/3/15 Surgery in the far eastern theatres of war. 17/3/16 The diagnosis of jaundice. 1951‐52 © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 3 of 65 17/3/17 Regional ileitis and its treatments. 2 copies. 22 April 1953 17/3/18 The hazards of major surgery. 2 copies. 1953 17/3/19 Indigestion as a manifestation of cancer of the stomach. January 1953 17/3/20 Leiomyosarcoma of the kidney. June 1953 17/3/21 Post‐operative necrosis of the intestinal mucous membrane. 1954 17/3/21 Discussion on modern techniques in the surgery of the colon. December 1954 17/3/22 Discussion on toxic and nutritional disturbances in the small intestine associated with surgery of the gastrointestinal tract. April 1955 17/3/23 Citation for Cholangiography. 1955 17/3/24 Long survival in renal carcinoma. 28 May 1955 17/3/25 Maternal hyperparathyroidism and parathyroid deficiency in the child. October 1955 17/3/26 The diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. December 1955 17/3/27 Cancer of the stomach. 17/3/28 Sex‐hormone excretion after bilateral adrenalectomy and oophorectomy in patients with mammary carcinoma. 10 November 1956 17/3/29 Changing concepts in contemporary surgery. 2 copies and citation. October 1956 17/3/30 Spontaneous rupture of the stomach. 17/3/31 Surgery and the challenge of the times. 1957 © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 4 of 65 17/3/32 The treatment of cancer of the breast. September 1957 17/3/33 “And their work continueth”. 3 copies. 1957 17/3/34 An experiment in medical and surgical collaboration. 2 copies. July 1958 17/3/35 The conceptual basis of modern surgery. 3 copies. 17/3/36 Citation for Foundations and progress of surgery in Scotland. 16 August 1958 17/3/37 The rationale of selective surgery in the treatment of duodenal ulcer. January 1959 17/3/38 Dysphagia following vagotomy. January 1959 17/3/39 Surgical commentary on disorders of the small intestine. January 1959 17/3/40 Memorandum note from the Department of Clinical Surgery. 17/3/41 Advances in surgery. October 1959 17/3/42 Gastrectomy for massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage of unknown cause. 5 December 1959 17/3/43 Citation for Hirsutism after adrenalectomy. 1959 17/3/44 Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. 1959 17/3/45 Diverticulosis and chronic diverticulosis. December 1960 17/3/46 The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 2 copies. 1961 17/3/47 In memoriam Professor Ian Aird. January 1963 17/3/48 Medical science’s debt to surgery. 1963 © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 5 of 65 17/3/49 Early cancer of the breast. 3 copies. March 1964 17/3/50 The debt of medical science to surgery. 2 copies. April 1964 17/3/51 Acute appendicitis. June 1964 17/3/52 Lord Lister. 3 copies. October 1965 17/3/53 The management of cancer of the stomach. January 1966 17/3/54 Address – Commencement ceremony, University of Pennsylvania. 3 copies. May 1965 17/3/55 Despair to deliverance: the evolution of antisepsis. 28 February 1966 17/3/56 The surgery of the upper abdomen: problems, practices and prospects. 3 copies. July 1966 17/3/57 Weight behavior after operation for duodenal ulcer. January 1967 17/3/58 Death following gallbladder surgery. January 1967 17/3/59 Leadership in surgery: a commonwealth inheritance. 3 copies. May 1967 17/3/60 The challenge of stomach cancer. 3 copies. Summer 1967 17/3/61 Surgery in the inoperable cancer patient. 17/3/62 The results of a policy of selective surgical treatment of duodenal ulcer. October 1967 17/3/63 The bridge builders. 2 copies. December 1967 17/3/64 Stewart‐Treves syndrome. January 1968 17/3/65 Surgery and surgical teachings in the undergraduate period of medical education. January 1966 © Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Library & Archive [email protected] Page 6 of 65 17/3/66 Surgical ethics, with special reference to the problems arising from transplantation. 28 September 1966 17/3/67 Surgical ethics, with special reference to the problems arising from transplantation – John Bruce section only.
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