Sir Frederick Treves

Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet GCVO CH CB (February 15, 1853 - December 7, 1923) Born at 8 Cornhill Street on the 15th of February, 1853, he was the son of an upholsterer in Dorchester, Dorset. He became a surgeon, specializing in abdominal surgery, at the Royal London Hospital in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He is most notable for having befriended Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man (sometimes inaccurately referred to as "John"). Image File history File links Fredericktreves. ... Image File history File links Fredericktreves. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. ... A thoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, November 1990. ... Part of the front of the Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. ... Joseph Carey Merrick. ...

He married in 1877 to Ann Elizabeth.

In 1902, Treves was sergeant surgeon to King Edward VII and performed an appendicectomy and drainage of an appendix abscess on him when his appendix ruptured. At the time, the surgery had a high risk of death. The rupture also occured shortly before King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, were to have their coronation. The king was against surgery for this reason, but Treves insisted, saying that if he weren't allowed to operate, it would be a funeral. When the king was crowned six weeks later, the name of Sir Frederick Treves was high on the Coronation Honours List. He was rewarded with a residence in Richmond Park and was able to take an early retirement. Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VII (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth realms, and the Emperor of India. ... An appendicectomy in progress An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. ... Appendix can mean: Appendix (see Book design), part of the content of some books vermiform appendix, a human internal organ, physically part of the digestive system but which function is a matter of controversy See also Look up appendix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alexandra of Denmark (December 1, 1844 – November 20, 1925) was queen consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1901–1910. ... The coronation of Empress Farah, of Iran in 1967. ...

He was also the author of many books, including The Elephant Man and other reminiscences (1923), Surgical applied Anatomy (1883), The Highways and Byways of Dorset (The area of Britain in which he was born), Students Handbook of Surgical Operations (1892), Uganda for a Holiday, The Land That is Desolate, And The Cradle of the Deep (1908) An account of his travels in and among the West Indies intermixed with portions of their histories, which describes (among other things) The death of Blackbeard the pirate, an eruption of Mount Pelée (which destroyed the city of St. Pierre), and a powerful earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, at which he landed shortly after the event. From 1902 to 1910 he was Serjeant Surgeon in the Royal Household. Was one of the founders of the Red Cross Society, and was the first president of the Society of Dorset Men. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Blackbeards flag, showing a horned skeleton holding an hourglass and threatening a bleeding heart with a spear. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mount Pelée (French: Montagne Pelée, Bald Mountain) is an active volcano on the northern tip of the French overseas département of Martinique in the Caribbean. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... // There are a large number of places named Kingston: Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica, the capital United Kingdom Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England Kingston, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England Kingston, Devon, Devon, England Kingston, Dorset, Dorset, England Kingston, East Lothian, East Lothian, Scotland Kingston, Hampshire... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... An officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, dating from 1253. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Around 1920 Sir Frederick went to live in Switzerland where he died at the age of 70. Ironically, he died from peritonitis, which is commonly caused by a ruptured appendix. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Appendix can mean: Appendix (see Book design), part of the content of some books vermiform appendix, a human internal organ, physically part of the digestive system but which function is a matter of controversy See also Look up appendix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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External links

• Who Named It biography
• Frederick Treves at Surgical-tutor.org.uk