Dr Arthur Ivor Parry Brown
Personal Details
Dr Arthur Ivor Parry Brown MBBS FFARCS MRCS LRCP DA
23/07/1908 to 15/11/2007
Place of birth: Lewisham, London
Nationality: British
CRN: 494896
Also known as: Parry
Education and qualifications
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General education |
School unknown; London Hospital Medical College |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1931 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1948 |
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Other qualification(s) |
MBBS, London, 1933; DA(RCP&S), 1935 – very first sitting |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After early resident posts at The London (e.g. house surgeon, resident casualty officer) Brown was sequentially resident anaesthetist (1935), assistant anaesthetist (1936), and consulting anaesthetist (1952) there, holding the latter appointment until he retired in 1973. He also worked at the National Heart and Brompton Hospitals from 1955, and the Royal Masonic from 1960.
Professional interests and activities
Beginning his career using ether and a Schimmelbusch mask (a technique he demonstrated on his retirement!), Parry Brown was one of the UK pioneers of anaesthesia for thoracic surgery, starting long before the introduction of invasive monitoring and artificial ventilators. He is best known for the eponymous position in which patients were placed prone to minimise soiling of the contralateral lung (Thorax 1948; 3: 161-5). Before the introduction of pharmacological preparation he was also an exponent of induction with rectal bromethol in patients undergoing surgery for thyrotoxicosis, then continuing anaesthesia with a facemask, a stressful challenge to trainees with small hands! He contributed much to the organisations of the specialty: FARCS board member (from 1956), Fellowship examiner (1965-70); RSM Section president (1972-3).
Other biographical information
Married Joyce Marion Bash in 1939 and they had four children.
Author and Sources
Author: Dr Ian Barker
Sources and any other comments: Wark KJ. Obituary. (www.rcoa.ac.uk/obituaries/dr-arthur-ivor-parry-brown (accessed 09/04/2017) | Ancestry.co.uk | Medical Directory