Horsley, Sir Victor Alexander Haden (1857-1916), physiologist and surgeon

11 letters by Horsley, signed and dated (except nos. 9-11). Correspondents include Professor Hemming (nos. 1 and 2), Stephen (nos. 3, 5 and 7) and Dr Fuller (no. 8).

1886-1900

1 file (11 items)

Nos. 1-2 and 6 Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); Presented by H.J. Fuller, May 1929 (acc.91885); Presented by H.J. Fuller, April 1929 (acc.49838); Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69099); Purchased from Stevens, London, October 1931 (acc.68266). No accession details recorded for nos. 3, 5 and 7.

Horsley, Sir Victor Alexander Haden (1857-1916) was a physiologist and surgeon, born in London. He studied at University College Hospital medical school. After medical school, he followed three lines of study: the action of the thyroid gland; the localization of function in the brain and protective treatment of rabies. In 1889, he became a surgeon at a hospital in London. On 9 June 1887, he removed a tumour from the spinal cord, which was the first operation of its kind. In 1916, he died of heatstroke, complicated by intestinal infection in Baghdad. A full description of his life and work is to be found in the Dictionary of National Biography.