Leonard Colebrook

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Leonard Colebrook
Leonard Colebrook
Leonard Colebrook
Born March 2, 1883(1883-03-02)
Guildford, Surrey
Died March 2, 1883 (aged -85)
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 ( March 2, 1883(1883-03-02) – September 27, 1967) was an English physician who introduced the use of Prontosil in 1935 as a cure for puerperal fever.

[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 (Dec 1994). "Leonard Colebrook: the chemotherapy and control of streptococcal infections". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 87 (12): 727-8. PMID 7853294. 
  • Parker, M T (Oct 1994). "Leonard Colebrook and his family". J. Hosp. Infect. 28 (2): 81-90. PMID 7844352. 
  • Lowbury, E J (1983). "Leonard Colebrook (1883-1967)". British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) 287 (6409): 1981-3. PMID 6418291. 
  • 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 (Jan 1971). "Leonard Colebrook. Reminiscences on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Birmingham Burns Unit". Injury 2 (3): 182-4. PMID 4940789. 
  • "Leonard Colebrook. F.R.S., D.Sc., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G" (Jan 1968). The Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of the British Commonwealth 75 (1): 105-6. PMID 4865058. 
  • "Leonard Colebrook" (Oct 1967). Lancet 2 (7519): 783-4. PMID 4167269. 
  • GILLIATT, W (Oct 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. PMID 13263984. 

[edit] See also

Persondata
NAME Colebrook, Leonard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English physician who introduced the use of Prontosil in 1935 as a cure for puerperal fever
DATE OF BIRTH 23 December 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Guildford, Surrey
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1967
PLACE OF DEATH Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire


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