Lennox Browne
| Lennox Browne FRCS Ed. | |||||||||
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| Born | 1840 | ||||||||
| Died | 1902 | ||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||
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Consulting Surgeon, Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Mr Lennox Browne, the well-known specialist in diseases of the throat, died of malignant disease of the liver at Northwood, on Sunday last, in the sixty-second year of his age.
Mr Lennox Browne, whose real name was Isaac Baker Brown, was the son of the well known surgeon of that name, who was one of the pioneers of ovariotomy in this country. After his father fell under the ban of the profession and was expelled from the Obstetrical Society, the son obtained leave to change his name to that by which he was known for the greater part of his professional life. Though he abandoned his paternal name, he contributed to the support of his father in the last few years of his life, which were spent in straitened circumstances, and this at a time when his own resources were very slender.
Mr Lennox Browne's natural inclination was towards art, and at the age of 18 he exhibited some paintings at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street. But he was destined for the medical profession, and he studied for that purpose first at Edinburgh, and afterwards in London at St George's and Middlesex Hospitals. So strong was his bent towards art, however, that he is said to have abandoned his medical studies on one occasion and set up as a teacher of drawing.
In 1863 he was admitted to the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and ten years later he became a Fellow of the Edinburgh College. Soon after obtaining his diploma he went to Australia, where he practiced for some time. His earliest publication was a work entitled, Australia for Invalids, which appeared in 1865. About 1867 he became assistant to the late Dr (afterwards Sir) Morell Mackenzie, with whom he continued to be associated for seven years. During that period he was on the staff of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square. Severing his connexion with that institution and with Morell Mackenzie in 1874, he founded the Central London Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital in Gray's Inn Road. He was the Senior Surgeon to that hospital for many years, and on his retirement from the active staff he was appointed Consulting Surgeon. he was also Surgeon and Aural Surgeon to the Royal Society of Musicians, to the Royal Choral Society and to the Dramatic Sick Fund. He was one of the original Fellows, and at one time President of the British Laryngological and Rhinological Association. He was also a Fellow of the Medical and Pathological societies, an honorary member of the Philadelphia Medical Society and a Corresponding Fellow of the American Laryngological Association ... [books]
Mr Browne was an industrious compiler, and he helped to diffuse among the general body of the profession a knowledge of the branch of medical practice in which he chiefly interested himself. The record of the observations of a man of so large an experience must always be valuable, and its value in the case of Mr Lennox Browne was greatly increased by the accuracy with which his artistic talent enable him to make oculis subjecta fidelibus the things which he saw. A special feature of this books is the beauty of the illustrations, which were executed by himself. He was an accomplished artist, and it is said that his annual holiday was paid for by the sale of drawings, which have been exhibited for thirty years at the various water-colour exhibitions. Indeed, the best record of his work and his most permanently valuable contributions to science are to be found in his coloured drawings of diseased conditions. He was one of the oldest members of the Savage Club, and had a very large acquaintance among members of the dramatic, artistic, and literary world. He was a prominent Freemason, being a Grand Officer of England, as well as of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand.
Mr Lennox Browne was married, but leaves no family. The funeral service took place at Northwood Parish Church on November 5th. [BMJ Nov. 8 1902]
Publications
External Publications
Australia for Invalids, 1865
The throat and nose and their diseases
Diptheria and Its Associates
The Mechanism of Voice, Speech, and Taste
The Mechanism of Hearing
Medical Hints on the Production and Management of the Singing Voice
Practical Remarks on Throat and Ear Diseases
Voice Use and Stimulants
The Child's Voice
Voice, Song and Speech: a complete manual for singers and speakers