Leonard Colebrook
| Leonard Colebrook | |
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 Leonard Colebrook |
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| Born | 2 March 1883 Guildford, Surrey |
| Died | 27 September 1967 (aged 84) Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire |
| Nationality | England |
| Fields | medicine |
| Alma mater | St Mary's Hospital, London |
| Known for | Prontosil |
| Influences | Almroth Wright |
| Influenced | Peter Medawar |
| Notable awards | Blair Bell medal in 1955 |
Leonard Colebrook FRS ( 2 March 1883 – 27 September 1967) was an English physician and Bacteriologist who in 1935 showed Prontosil was effective against haemolytic streptococcus in childbirth[1] and hence a cure for puerperal fever. He campaigned for the use of gloves, mask, and gown before touching patients and showed that chloroxylenol was both an effective disinfectant and much superior to soap and water for hand cleansing. With his sister Dora, he showed that streptococci were more likely to originate from hospital staff than from the patient. [2]
In 1943 the Glasgow Royal Infirmary MRC Burns Unit which he headed moved to Birmingham Accident Hospital.[3] where he established the practice of placing the patients in a near sterile environment.[4]
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[edit] References
- Dunn, P M (May 2008). "Dr Leonard Colebrook, FRS (1883-1967) and the chemotherapeutic conquest of puerperal infection". Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 93 (3): F246–8. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.104448. PMID 18426926.
- Turk, J L (December 1994). "Leonard Colebrook: the chemotherapy and control of streptococcal infections". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 87 (12): 727–8. PMC 1294976. PMID 7853294. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1294976.
- Parker, M T (October 1994). "Leonard Colebrook and his family". J. Hosp. Infect. 28 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1016/0195-6701(94)90135-X. PMID 7844352.
- Lowbury, E J (1983). "Leonard Colebrook (1883-1967)". British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) 287 (6409): 1981–3. doi:10.1136/bmj.287.6409.1981. PMC 1550201. PMID 6418291. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1550201.
- Oakley, C L (1971). "Leonard Colebrook, 1883-1967". Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society (Great Britain) 17: 91–138. PMID 11615432.
- Colebrook, V (January 1971). "Leonard Colebrook. Reminiscences on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Birmingham Burns Unit". Injury 2 (3): 182–4. doi:10.1016/S0020-1383(71)80035-9. PMID 4940789.
- "Leonard Colebrook. F.R.S., D.Sc., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G". The Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of the British Commonwealth 75 (1): 105–6. January 1968. PMID 4865058.
- "Leonard Colebrook". Lancet 2 (7519): 783–4. October 1967. PMID 4167269.
- GILLIATT, W (October 1955). "Presentation of the Blair Bell medal to Dr. Leonard Colebrook". The Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of the British Empire 62 (5): 680–2. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1955.tb14819.x. PMID 13263984.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sue Bale, Vanessa Jones (2006). Wound care nursing. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 54. ISBN 9780723433446. http://books.google.com/?id=zbIuXxpoRXMC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=fireguards+act+1952&q=. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ Graham Ayliffe and Mary English (2003). Hospital Infection from Miasmas to MRSA. Cambridge University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 9780521531788. http://books.google.com/?id=tJZ6RD6qblIC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=%22the+emergence+of+antimicrobial+chemotherapy%22&q=%22the%20emergence%20of%20antimicrobial%20chemotherapy%22. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "GLASGOW UNIVERSITY". http://www.elliottsimpson.com/history/glasgow1university.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "AIM25 Colebrook, Leonard (1883-1967)Identity Statement". http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=10952&inst_id=20&nv1=browse&nv2=repos. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
