Henry Wade graduated in the Edinburgh Medical School in 1898 before spending two years with the British army during the Anglo-Boer war. Returning to this country, he joined Francis Caird, surgeon to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Appointed Conservator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Wade met young William Ford Robertson. In a study of experimental cancer they concluded that some neoplasms were caused by bacteria. Wade became increasingly recognised as an authority in urology. His growing practice was interrupted by the First World War. Already a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served for five years in the Middle East, in Gallipoli and then with the army in an approach to Jerusalem. Resuming civilian life, Wade combined an extensive urological practice with membership of the Council of the RCSEd. He became President in 1935. Married in 1924, his wife died four years later after an operation by a colleague, David Wilkie. Director of Surgery to the Scottish Emergency Medical Service when the Second World War broke out, Wade was made a Knight Bachelor in 1946. He died in 1955.
Anonymous. Obituary: Sir Henry Wade. British Medical Journal1955; 1: 607–608.
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Anonymous. Obituary: Henry Wade. Lancet1955; 1: 516–517.
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GrahamJM. In memoriam: Henry Wade. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh1955; 1: 75–78.
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RobinsonRLeFanuW. Henry Wade. Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1952–64, Edinburgh, London: E and S Livingstone, 1970, pp. 419–420.
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StewartR. Henry Wade. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology1956; 71: 550–553.
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WadeTC. Story of the Falkirk West United Free Church, Falkirk, UK: F Johnston, 1926.
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ScottI. The life and times of Falkirk, Edinburgh, UK: John Donald, 1994.
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GardnerDL. Surgeon, scientist, soldier. The Life and Times of Henry Wade 1876–1955, London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2005.
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Logan TurnerA. Story of a great hospital. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 1729–1929. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1937, Re-issued: Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1979.
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The foundation stone for the new hospital, to be built on the site of George Watson’s Hospital (school), was laid by H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, on 13 October 1870. The hospital, to include both surgical and medical wards, was completed for a cost of £351,826. It was opened on 29 October 1879.
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ComrieJDThe Faculty of Medicine. In: TurnerLoganA (ed). History of the University of Edinburgh 1883–1933, Edinburgh, UK: Oliver and Boyd, 1933, pp. 100–163.
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Sir Robert Rowan Anderson was the architect chosen to design the new building in 1877. It was lit by 2400 gas mantles and cost £350,000. In 1894 Anderson added a separate graduation hall, financed by Sir William McEwan.
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In the first year of the new Medical School building, there were 1459 students.
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The new RIE admitted 5315 patients in 1879–1880 but by 1935–1936 these figures had reached 21,568. The decision to admit women as medical students saw their numbers rise from 78 in 1913–1914 to 381 in 1921–1922. The corresponding figures for male students were 1304 and 1457.
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Montgomery, Field Marshall Viscount, of Alamein. A History of Warfare, London, UK: William Collins Sons, 1968.
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PackenhamT. The Boer War, London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979.
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PembertonW. Battles of the Boer War, London, UK: Pan Books, 1964.
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Featherstone D. Weapons and equipment of the Victorian soldier. Littlehampton Book Services, London: Blandford Press, 1978.
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In the course of the whole campaign the British forces sustained 7792 deaths from military action but 9365 from water and food-borne infections.
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SimpsonRJS. Medical history of the South African War. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps1910; 14: 23–38. 125-141, 255-271, 487-505.
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Gardner DL. (op. cit ref 8): p.32.
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Gardner DL. (op. cit ref 8): p.38.
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William Turner was Professor of Anatomy of the University of Edinburgh from 1867 until 1903 and then University Principal until 1917. He had designed the Anatomy museum of the new Medical School.
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WesselsQCorreiaJCTaylorAM. Sir William Turner (1832–1916) – Lancastrian, anatomist and champion of the Victorian era. Journal of Medical Biography2016; 24: 500–506.
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Francis Caird had been a dresser in Lister’s wards in the old Infirmary. He became Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery in 1908 and was elected to the Presidency of the RCSE in 1912.
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Ford Robertson was fortunate in securing accommodation in the RCSE before moving to the rooms of the Asylum Board located in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases at Jordanburn.
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RobertsonWFWadeH. Researches into the etiology of carcinoma: on the presence of Plasmodiaphorae in carcinomatous tumours and the successful cultivation of the parasites. Lancet1905; i: 215–221–215–221.
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Editorial. The etiology of carcinoma. Lancet1905; i: 244–245–244–245.
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Wade H. A contribution to the problem of cancer research based upon the results of an experimental investigation of infective sarcoma of the dog. MD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1907.
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In the previous century, it had been agreed that the RIE should have six surgeons of whom two were to be designated Consultants, two Acting and two Assistant.
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David Percival Dalbreck Wilkie joined Wade’s practice in 1921 and became Professor of Surgery in 1924 when Wade was an unsuccessful candidate for this position.
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At that time the hospital was benefitting from their new Electrical Department, providing services in radiology and radiotherapy. Some 3000 operations were being conducted each year with an incidence of postoperative deaths of approximately 7%.
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CarmichaelEWSWadeH. A case of primary sarcoma of the liver in a child aged four months. Lancet1907; i: 1217–1219–1217–1219.
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WadeHWatsonBP. The anatomy and histology of an early tubal gestation with lantern demonstration. Lancet1908; i: 1844–1845–1844–1845.
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Wade H. Excision of ulna for infective osteomyelitis; nephropexy for moveable kidney. In: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, Edinburgh, 14 December 1910.
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Wade H. Treatment of simple fractures. Lancet 1912; i: 798.
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Wade H. Nephrectomy for acute consecutive suppurative nephritis, cellulitis and osteomyelitis. In: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 21 December 1912.
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WadeH. Intussusception of the stomach and duodenum due to a gastric polypus. Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics1913; 17: 184–190.
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Wade H. Intussusception of the stomach and duodenum due to a gastric polypus. Lancet 1913; ii: 1204.
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WadeH. Prostatism. The surgical anatomy and pathology of the operative treatment. Annals of Surgery1914; 59: 321–359.
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WadeH. Osteosarcoma treated by bone graft. Edinburgh Medical Journal1920; 24: 37–37.
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TanseyVMekieDEC. The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK: Royal College of Surgeons, 1982.
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CruttwellC. A History of the Great War 1914–1918, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936.
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BlairJSG. In Arduis Fidelis, Centenary History of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Edinburgh, UK: Scottish Academic Press, 1998.
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WadeH. Student life in the Scottish Horse Field Ambulance. The Student1920, pp. 43–46.
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Anonymous. With the 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance in Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine, Salonika 1914–1918. Aston, UK: Globe Printing and Binding works, Darwin Book Company. Printed on demand.
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McCusatraL. Gallipoli days and nights, London, New York Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916.
MacPherson, Major General Sir WG. History of the Great War based on official documents. Medical services, general history. Volume III: Medical services during the operations on the Western Front in 1916, 1917 and 1918; in Italy; and in Egypt and Palestine, London, UK: Stationary Office, 1924.
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MacMunnGFallsC. History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine. From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917, London, UK: Stationary Office, 1928.
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TaylorA. The First World War. An illustrated history, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1966.
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Gardner DL. (op.cit ref 8): pp.113–135.
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Gardner DL. (op.cit ref 8): pp.137–161.
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The 10th Irish Division landed the next day, a Welsh Division the following day and the 54th East Anglian Division on 10 August.
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The extreme difficulty of taking photographs on the battlefield is shown by the evidence that Wade recorded 221 while at Bedlingon but only 19 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. 383 of his photographs remain as glass lantern slides.
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Henry Wade had already received the Order of the White Eagle of Serbia.
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WadeH. The influence of the war on the modern treatment of fractures. British Medical Journal1921; 1: 1–12.
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Incidentally, Wade greatly influenced the future of Norman Dott who became a world-famous neurosurgeon, by refusing to amputate his fractured leg.
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WadeH. The diagnosis and treatment of calculus in the pelvic portion of the ureter. Edinburgh Medical Journal1920; 24: 392–401.
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WadeH. The choice of methods employed in the surgical diagnosis of renal disease. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions1922; 36: 8–13.
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WadeH. The clinical significance of the form and capacity of the renal pelvis. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh1924; 38: 13–19.
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WadeH. The treatment of tumours of the urinary bladder. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh1926–1927; 41: 1–19.
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WadeH. The surgical pathology of tuberculous disease of the urinary tract. Irish Journal of Medical Science1928; 6: 245–258.
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WadeHBandD. Uroselectan excretion urography. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh1929–1930; 44: 203–220.
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WadeH. The treatment of malignant tumours of the urinary bladder. Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics1931; 52: 312–323.
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WadeH. The significance of haematuria. British Medical Journal1932; 1: 1–12.
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WadeH. The balanced urinary system. The Ramon Guiteras Lecture. Journal of Urology1932; 28: 381–403.
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WadeH. The role of excretion urography in the diagnosis of disease. British Medical Journal1933; 1: 353–355.
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WadeH. The treatment of tuberculous disease of the kidney from the standpoint of the surgeon. Edinburgh Medical Journal1933; NS40: 166–175–166–175.
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WadeHDickIL. Suppression of urine and deficiency of urine secretion. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh1934; 41: 193–220.
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WadeH. Renal tumours. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery1935; 5: 3–17.
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WadeH. The diagnosis of renal and vesical disease in general practice. Clinical Journal1935; 64: 66–71.
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WadeH. The treatment of ureteric calculi. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine1935; 28: 582–590.
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WadeH. Vesical exclusion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine1937; 31: 277–284.
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WadeH. The expectancy of life after ureteral transplantation. Edinburgh Medical Journal1939; 46: 61–82.
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WadeH. Urological reflections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine1946; 39: 75: 1–4.
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Wade H. A short history of Pilmuir. Unpublished. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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