Dr John Terry Hayward-Butt
Personal Details
Dr John Terry Hayward-Butt MRCS LRCP FFARCS BA MB BChir DA MA
Known as: Peter
31/08/1911 to 18/09/1973
Place of birth: Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Nationality: South African
CRN: 727172
Education and qualifications
| General education | The Dragon School, Oxford Preparatory School Cheltenham College Christ’s College, Cambridge Medical School, St Bartholomew’s Hospital. |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MRCS Eng.,LRCP Lond., 1936 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1954 |
| Other qualification(s) | BA Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, 1933 MB BChir, University of Cambridge, 1938 DA (RCP&S), 1938 MA (by proxy), University of Cambridge, 1945 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Hayward-Butt was a House Officer followed by Resident Anaesthetist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and then Senior House Officer at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor 1938-39. He then joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon Lieutenant, serving as Medical Officer to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade (Commandos) until 1945, when he was Surg. Lt.Cdr. On demobilisation he undertook temporary posts around London, notably Anaesthetic Registrar at the Royal Free Hospital (E.M.S. Arlesey).
By 1946 he moved to Durban South Africa, where he became Director of the Department of Anaesthetics, King Edward VIII Hospital.
In 1958 he became Visiting Assistant Professor (University Hospitals), University of Iowa, at Iowa City, USA. From 1959 to 1971 he was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In 1971 he was appointed Assistant Professor, University of Chicago.
Professional interests and activities
He invented the Trilite Inhaler for self administration of trichloroethylene and air, reporting on this in 1947. He was appointed Editor of the Newsletter of the South African Society of Anaesthetists in 1947, but support for this publication ceased the following year. In 1957 he developed techniques of neuroleptanalgesia that he called ‘Ataralgesia’. In the USA he developed ambulatory anaesthesia. He advocated the use of methoxyflurane in obstetrics and general anaesthesia
Other biographical information
He played rugby for Christ’s College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In 1955 he married Mary Clare Greenwood (known as Diana) and they had one son and two daughters. In the BMJ obituary he was described as a tall, dignified and gracious man with impeccable attire and superb sense of humour - an after-dinner speaker with no equal. He died at the relatively young age of 62, survived by his family.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr David J Wilkinson
Sources and comments:
[1] Obituary JT Hayward-Butt. BMJ 1973; 5889: 430. [2] Obituary John T Hayward-Butt. South African Medical Journal 1973; 47: 2253. [3] Information from University of Cambridge Library and Christ’s College, Cambridge archives. [4] Cheltenham College archives. [5] Medical Registers and Directories 1937-52. [6] ancestry.co.uk