Robert James Lee FRCP (9 November 1841, St James Parish, London[1] – 17 November 1924, West Drayton, Middlesex[2]) was an English physician. He published papers on diseases of children[1] and on the "treatment of pulmonary phthisis by antiseptic vapours".[2]
Biography
editHe had two younger brothers, James Irwin Lee (1843–1880) and John Francis Lee (1850–1905), both of whom graduated from the University of Cambridge.[3][4] The father of the three brothers was the obstetrician Robert Lee, who held the chair of midwifery at St George's Hospital.[5]
After education at King's College School and Brighton College,[6] Robert James Lee matriculated in May 1859 at Caius College, Cambridge.[1] During his undergraduate years he was both a runner and an oarsman. He read natural sciences and graduated with a B.A. in 1863. After studying medicine in London at St George's Hospital and at St Thomas Hospital and in Paris, he graduated with his M.B. degree in 1865.[6] In 1866 he qualified as M.R.C.P.[2] In 1869 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with both M.A. and M.D.[1]
At the beginning of his career, he was appointed as a physician to Marylebone's Western General Dispensary[6][7] and as a lecturer on forensic medicine and pathology at the Westminster Hospital. Later in his career he was appointed to St George's Hospital as an assistant obstetric physician, as well as a lecturer on obstetric medicine. He was also appointed to London's Hospital for Sick Children (later renamed Great Ormond Street Hospital) as an assistant physician with eventual promotion to full physician.[6]
In 1874[2] he delivered the Goulstonian Lectures[8][9][10] [11][12][13] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[2]
He spent the years from 1910 to 1924 in retirement in West Drayton.[2] One of his two daughters was the actress Auriol Lee.[6]
Selected publications
editArticles
edit- Lee, Robert J. (1872). "On Phlegmasia Dolens: Its Origin & Its Connexion with Erysipelas and Other Infectious Diseases" (PDF). The Lancet. 99 (2537): 497–498. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)61916-6. (See phlegmasia alba dolens and erysipelas.)
- Lee, R. J. (1873-03-08). "Exercise and Training". BMJ. 1 (636): 271. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.636.271-a. PMC 2293446.
- Lee, R. (1874). "On a Case of Puerperal Infection" (PDF). The Lancet. 104 (2674): 755. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)31211-X.
- Lee, R. J. (1875-02-06). "Maternal Impressions". BMJ. 1 (736): 167–169. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.736.167. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295526. PMID 20747753.
- Lee, R. J. (1877-07-21). "Remarks on the Treatment of Tinea Tonsurans". BMJ. 2 (864): 74. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.864.74. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2221364. PMID 20748591.
- Lee, R. J. (1877-12-08). "The Importance of Preserving a Vacuum in the Pleural Cavity after Paracentesis of the Thorax and the Insertion of the Drainage-Tube; with Description of a Method by which Continuous Aspiration may be Effected". BMJ. 2 (884): 794–795. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.884.794. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2221595. PMID 20748699.
- Lee, R. J. (1878-06-08). "Cases Illustrating the Family History of Syphilis: With Remarks". BMJ. 1 (910): 819–821. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.910.819. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2221311. PMID 20748881.
- Lee, R. J. (1879-03-01). "Influence of Whooping-Cough as One of the Chief Causes of Infant Mortality". BMJ. 1 (948): 307–308. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.948.307. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2239532. PMID 20749139.
- Lee, R. J. (1882-06-24). "The Scientific Principles of Inhalation". BMJ. 1 (1121): 937. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1121.937. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2371866. PMID 20750230.
- Lee, R. (1882). "The Cutaneous Diseases of Children" (PDF). The Lancet. 120 (3084): 564–566. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)12415-9.
- Lee, R. J. (1884-05-16). "Atmospheric Disinfection". British Medical Journal. 1 (1220): 973–974. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1220.973-b. PMC 2307336.
- Lee, Robert J. (1885). "Clinical Lecture on Malformations of the Heart" (PDF). The Lancet. 125 (3209): 371–372. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)32740-5.
- Lee, R. (1888). "The Fumifier:: A Descriptive Account of Its Construction and Use" (PDF). The Lancet. 131 (3377): 967–968. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)16195-2.
- Lee, Robert J. (January 4, 1896). "Sir Henry Halford, Bart., and the Stethoscope" (PDF). The Lancet. 147 (3775): 68–69. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)60745-1. (See Henry Halford.)
Books
edit- Lee, R.J. (1873). Exercise and Training, Their Effects Upon Health. Smith, Elder & Company.
- Lee, R.J. (1885). Lectures Delivered at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, 1883-1884 (2nd ed.). Baillière, Tindall & Cox.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Biolgraphical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897. CUP Archive. p. 344.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lee, Robert James (LY859RJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Lee, John Irwin (LY862JI)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Lee, James Francis (LY870JF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Allibone, S.A. (1896). A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased: From the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased: From the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. Lippincott. p. 988.
- ^ a b c d e "Robert James Lee". Royal College of Physicians of London.
- ^ "Western General Dispensary, London". Hospital Records Database, The National Archives, UK.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-02-27). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture I". BMJ. 1 (739): 267–270. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.739.267. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295552. PMID 20747778.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-03-06). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture II". BMJ. 1 (740): 304–306. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.740.304. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295497. PMID 20747789.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-03-13). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture II.—(Concluded.)". BMJ. 1 (741): 337–339. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.741.337. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295635. PMID 20747796.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-03-20). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III". BMJ. 1 (742): 371–373. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.742.371. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295595. PMID 20747804.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-03-27). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III. (Continued.)". BMJ. 1 (743): 408–409. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.743.408. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295614. PMID 20747811.
- ^ Lee, R. J. (1875-04-03). "The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III.—(Concluded.)". BMJ. 1 (744): 440–442. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.744.440. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2295653. PMID 20747818.