Francis J Shepherd

Biography

• Born 25 November 1851
• 1869-1873 Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.
• 1874-1875 St Thomas’s Hospital passed the MRCS; Vienna studying dermatology under von Hebra (1816–1880).
• 1875-1883 Demonstrator of anatomy at McGill University with his friend and contemporary, Sir William Osler.
• 1883-1913 Lecturer then Professor in Anatomy, McGill University
• 1901 – President of the Canadian Medical Association
• 1902 – Chief surgeon at Montreal General Hospital; Professor of Surgery McGill University
• 1905 – Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh
• 1906-1910 President of the Montreal Art Association
• 1908-1914 Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
• Emeritus Dean of Medicine at McGill University
• Died 18 January 1929,

Medical Eponyms

• Shepherd fracture (1882) posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus
• **Cedell fracture – posterior talar process fracture with injury to the medial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation

Major Publications

• Shepherd FJ. A Hitherto Undescribed Fracture of the Astragalus (talus). J Anat Physiol. 1882; 17(Pt 1): 79–81.
• Shepherd FJ. Excision of the Bones of the Tarsus for Tubercular Disease. Ann Surg. 1886; 4(4): 293–298.
• Shepherd FJ. A Hitherto Undescribed Anomaly of the Lingual Artery. Ann Surg. 1889; 9(5): 331–332.
• Shepherd FJ. Successful Case of Trephining for Meningeal Hæmorrhage: Ligature of the Carotid. Br Med J. 1896; 1(1841): 905–906.
• Shepherd FJ. Biographical Sketch: Sir William Osler. Can Med Assoc J. 1920; 10(Spec Iss): 19–23.
• Shepherd FJ. Address on Surgery. Can Med Assoc J. 1915; 5(9): 757–766.
• Shepherd FJ. The Osler Oration. Can Med Assoc J. 1929; 21(2): 131–137.

References

• McDermot HE. History of Canadian surgery: Francis J. Shepherd. Can J Surg 1957; 1: 5-7
• Howell WB. Francis John Shepherd – surgeon, his life and times 1851-1919. Can Med Assoc J. 1929 Feb; 20(2): 210-212.
• Biography: Shepherd, Francis John (1851 – 1929). Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Eponymythology: Eponymous ankle and talus injuries. LITFL