Will Pickles
Biography
- Born on March 6, 1885 in Camp Road, Leeds
- 1914-1918 Surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve during WWI
- 1942 – Milroy lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians of London
- 1946 – Stewart prize of the British Medical Association, shared with epidemiologist Major Greenwood (1880-1849)
- 1948 – Cutter lecturer at Harvard University
- 1950 – Honorary Doctorate of Science from Leeds University
- 1953-1956 First president of the College of General Practitioners
- 1955 – Honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- 1957 – CBE, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Died on March 2, 1969
Medical Eponyms
Key Medical Contributions
Magnus ab integro sæclorum nascitur ordo
The great order of the ages is born afresh.
Major Greenwood, 1939
Major Publications
- Pickles WN. Vincent’s disease. J Roy Nav Med Serv 1919; 5: 87
- Pickles WN. Epidemic catarrhal jaundice: an outbreak in Yorkshire. Br Med J. 1930 May 24;1(3620):944-6
- Pickles WN. “Bornholm” disease: account of a Yorkshire outbreak. Br Med J. 1933; 2(3800): 817-8.
- Pickles WN. Epidemiology in Country Practice: (Section of Epidemiology and State Medicine). Proc R Soc Med. 1935 Aug;28(10):1337-42
- Pickles WN. Epidemiology in country practice. 1939
- Pickles WN, Burnet FM, McArthur N. Epidemic respiratory infection in a rural population with special reference to the influenza A epidemics of 1933, 1936-7 and 1943-4. J Hyg (Lond). 1947 Dec;45(4):469-73.
- Pickles WN. The country doctor. Lancet. 1948 Feb 7;1(6493):201-3.
- Pickles WN. The country doctor and public health. Public Health 1944;58:2.
- Pickles WN. Research in general practice. Br Med J. 1948 Sep 4;2(4574):469-71.
- Pickles WN. Epidemiology in country practice. N Engl J Med. 1948 Sep 16;239(12):419-27.
- Pickles WN. Trends of general practice; a hundred years in a Yorkshire dale. Practitioner. 1951 Oct;167(1000):322-9
- Pickles WN. Sylvest’s disease (Bornholm disease). N Engl J Med. 1954 Jun 17;250(24):1033-6
- Pickles WN. Bornholm Disease. The Practitioner 1955; 174(1039-1044): 85-86
- Pickles WN. Epidemiology in the Yorkshire Dales. The Practitioner 1955; 17: 76–87.
Controversies
References
Biography
- Obituary: W. N. Pickles. Br Med J. 1969 Mar 15; 1(5645): 719–720
- Pemberton J. Will Pickles of Wensleydale. The Life of a Country Doctor. 1970
- Murrell TG. Nineteenth century masters of general practice. Med J Aust. 1991; 155(11-12): 785-7
- Moorhead R. Pickles of Wensleydale. J R Soc Med. 2001; 94(10): 536-40
- Metcalfe N. William Norman Pickles (1885–1969) In: 100 Notable Names from General Practice 2018: 105-107
- Made in North Yorkshire: Dr Pickles. North Yorkshire County Record Office, 2020
- Biography: William Norman Pickles. Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Munk’s Roll: Volume VI: 379.
- Bibliography. Pickles, William Norman. WorldCat Identities
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Graduated from Leeds University in 2014 with MBChB and BSC in Primary Care. Qualified as a General Practitioner under RCGP in 2020. Currently working as an Emergency Department doctor in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.
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