Thomas Longmore, 1877 photograph

Sir Thomas Longmore CB (10 October 1816[1] – 30 September 1895)[2][3] was Surgeon-General and professor of military surgery at the Army Medical School at Netley Hospital.[4] Prior to this appointment, he had a long and distinguished career as a military doctor and surgeon, notably serving during every major engagement of the Crimean War, even while suffering from frostbite.[5]

He wrote numerous reports, manuals and treatises on several topics, such as the development of osteomyelitis following gunshot wounds.[6]

He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.[2]

He was knighted in 1886.[7]

His papers are part of the Wellcome Collection's Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection.[8]

References

  1. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
  2. 1 2 "Longmore, Sir Thomas (1816 - 1895)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "Surgeon-General Sir Thomas Longmore, C.B". British Medical Journal. 2 (1815): 936–937. 12 October 1895. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2508935.
  4. ↑ "Netley Military Cemetery - research about the people who are laid to rest there - Longmore Sir Thomas Surgeon General K.C.B." www.netley-military-cemetery.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Luscombe, Stephen. "Sir Thomas Longmore CB". The British Empire : Yorkshire Regiment. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Longmore, Thomas (1865). "Remarks upon Osteo-myelitis consequent on Gunshot Wounds of the Upper and Lower Extremities, and especially upon the Treatment of Stumps affected with Osteomyelitis after Amputation necessitated by such Injuries". Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. 48: 43–64.1. doi:10.1177/095952876504800105. ISSN 0959-5287. PMC 2147826. PMID 20896266.
  7. ↑ Shaw, William Arthur. (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day &c. Vol. I. Clearfield. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4.
  8. ↑ "Papers of Sir Thomas Longmore". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 25 May 2021.


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