John Frederick Halls Dally
John Frederick Halls Dally (2 August 1877 - 4 November 1944) was a British physician and president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1941 to 1942 and in 1944.[1]
John Frederick Halls Dally | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1877 |
| Died | 4 November 1944 |
| Known for | High blood pressure, its variations and control : manual for practitioners, W. Heinemann (1923) |
Early life
John Frederick Halls Dally was born on 2 August 1877 at Wolverhampton[2] and attended Wolverhampton School. He gained admission to St Johns College, Cambridge and then went on to St Bartholomew's Hospital.[3]
Medical career
He gained the Conjoint in 1901, MA MB MCH in 1903, MD in 1907 and MRCP in 1909.[3]
He subsequently became physician to Mount Vernon Hospital when it was a chest hospital in Hampstead and was a senior physician to the St Marylebone and Western General Dispensary.[3] In addition, he edited the journal of the West London Medico-Chirurgical Society, where he was also president.[3]
Personal and family
He married Norah Willoughby Curtois and they lived at 93 Harley Street. They had one son, Edward.[2]
He died at home on 4 November 1944.[3]
Publications
- High blood pressure, its variations and control : manual for practitioners, published by W. Heinemann, 1923.
References
- Alumni Cantabrigienses : a Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Volume 2 Part 2. From 1752 to 1900. Venn, John Archibald., Venn, John. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011. p. 215. ISBN 9781108036122. OCLC 889954771.CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Peregrine Edward Curtois and his children". www.chradams.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- "Obituary". BMJ. 2 (4381): 837. 23 December 1944. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4381.835-a. PMC 2287101.