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Alan Lovejoy Fawdry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 June 1912 |
| Died | 16 July 1995 |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Nationality | British |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Sub-specialties | Public health |
| Research | Cooley's Anaemia |
| Awards | O.B.E. |
Alan Lovejoy Fawdry (22 June 1912 – 16 July 1995) was a British physician.
Alan Lovejoy Fawdry was born in Clifton, Bristol on 22 June 1912, the eldest son of Reginald Charles Fawdry and Edith Langley Lovejoy. He studied medicine at Cambridge University, graduating MB B.Chir. in 1938.
From 1939 to 1948 he served in the Colonial Service as a Medical Officer in Cyprus. During this time he carried out pioneering research into what was then called Cooley's Anaemia (Beta-thalassemia), gaining his M.D. from Cambridge in 1943. His major epidemiological study was published in The Lancet in 1944.
He moved to Aden in 1948.
In 1966 he was awarded the O.B.E. for services to medicine.[1]
He died in Milton Keynes on 16 July 1995.
Publications[edit]
- Fawdry AL. Erythroblastic anaemia of childhood (Cooley's anaemia) in Cyprus. Lancet 1944 Feb 5; 171-176
- Fawdry A. Report on present state of knowledge of erythroblastic anaemia in Cyprus. Cyprus Med Sanitary Report, 1946
- Fawdry AL. Cooley's anaemia; notes on 6 adult cases. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1946 Aug;40:87-91. PMID 20998613
- Fawdry AL. Medicine in Cyprus. Lond Hosp Gaz. 1946 Oct;49(6):210-2. PMID:20281930
- Fawdry AL, Mazhar M. Two cases of kala-azar in south Arabia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1951 Aug;45(1):138-9. PMID 14876774
- Fawdry AL. Syndrome of splenomegaly, anaemia, and hepatomegaly often left-lobed, in South Arabia. PMID 13247352
- Fawdry AL. Influenza epidemic in Aden. Lancet. 1957 Aug 17;273(6990):335-6. PMID 13464058
- Fawdry AL. Onchocerciasis in South Arabia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1957 May;51(3):253-6. PMID 13443016
- Fawdry AL. Large spleens and livers. Practitioner. 1958 Mar;180(1077):344-9. PMID 13518056
- Fawdry AL. Notes on leprosy in Aden. Lepr Rev. 1959 Apr;30(2):114-7. PMID 13642969
- Fawdry AL. The changing picture of disease in Aden from 1947 to 1963. J Trop Med Hyg. 1965 Nov;68(11):265-8. PMID 5842366
- Fawdry AL. Letter: The use of Field's stain in the out-patient clinic. Trop Doct. 1974 Jan;4(1):47. PMID 4132374
- Fawdry AL. Health centres: Reflections on primary health care in IBN Sina Centre, Bahrain 1979. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 1980 March;2(1):17-22
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External links[edit]
Obituary of Alan Lovejoy Fawdry in the British Medical Journal 1995 21 October vol. 311 page 1085