Dr Michael Denis Nosworthy
Personal details
Dr Michael Denis Nosworthy MA MD FFARCS DA
05/09/1902 to 18/08/1980
Place of birth: Groombridge, Kent
Nationality: British
CRN: 715393
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Winchester College; Pembroke College, Cambridge; St Thomas’s |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1927 |
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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) |
BA, Cambridge, 1924 (MA, 1929); MBBCh, Cambridge, 1929 (MD, Thesis: ‘The art of anaesthesia’, 1934); DA(RCP&S), 1935 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Sequentially
Professional interests and activities
Nosworthy made notable contributions to anaesthesia before and during WW2. He wrote a very well received textbook and developed a technique with controlled lung ventilation (previously used rarely) for the management of war wounds of the chest, describing his methid in a classic paper at the RSM in 1941. However, he is perhaps best known now for his work on anaesthetic records; he was not the first to make paper records during anaesthesia, but his card based system (BJA 1943; 18: 160 & Curr Res Anes Analg 1945; 24: 221) was comprehensive (and simple) enough to put modern, computer based systems to shame! His work was recognised widely, notably by election to the Fellowship, and the award of the Hewitt (Faculty, 1957), Hickman (RSM, 1959) & John Snow (AAGBI, 1967) medals.
Other biographical information
Surprisingly, no obituary has been traced (an opportunity for someone!) so nothing is known about his family or personal life other than that his father was a retired tea planter.
Author and Sources
Author: Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: Wylie WD. Citation for the John Snow Memorial Medal. Anaesthesia 1968; 23: 157-8