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The trail invites you to trace the footsteps of 19th Century doctor Sir Frederick Treves and his life in Dorset. As a resident of Dorchester and a supporter of the hospital, Treves was an eminent surgeon famous for befriending the "Elephant Man" and performing a life-saving operation on the hospital's patron, King Edward VII.
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DCH 175 Treves Trail
YouarestandingclosetoSt.Peter’sChurch,whereFrederickTreveswas
christened.
EarlyEduca:onTreveswaseducatedatTheMerchantTaylors'School,oneofthenineoriginalpublicschoolsasdefinedbythe1868Act,
foundedin1561bytheMerchantTaylors'company.
In1871,TrevesleJtobeginthestudyofmedicineanditwastheprac:calaspectsofmedicinewhichpar:cularlyappealedto
Treves.
Trevesacquiredhismedicaleduca:onattheLondonHospital,whichoffereditsstudentsampleopportuni:esforclinical
observa:on.Onitsstaffweremenofscien:ficdis:nc:on,suchasNeurologistJohnHughlings.
In1875hequalifiedasamemberoftheRoyalCollegeofSurgeonsandintheprevious
yearhehadbecomealicen:ateoftheSociety
ofApothecaries.
AJerholdingahousesurgeonshipattheLondonHospital,in1876hebecameresidentmedicalofficerattheRoyalNa:onalHospitalforScrofula(latertheRoyalSeaBathingHospital)atMargate,towhichhisbrotherWilliamwashonorarysurgeon.
Scrofulabecamethesubjectofhisfirstresearch.
ABlossomingCareerTrevescon:nuedtostudyandin1878hepassedtheexamina:onsfortheFellowshipoftheRoyalCollegeof
Surgeons.Inthefollowingyearhegaveupprac:ceinDerbyshireandreturnedtotheLondonHospitalinordertofillthepostofSurgicalRegistrar.LaterthatyearavacancyoccurredonthesurgicalstaffofthehospitalandinSeptember1879hewas
appointedassistantsurgeon,beforebecomingafullsurgeonin1884atjustthirty-oneyearsold!
HebecameaHouseSurgeonin1876(theseniormemberofthesurgicalhousestaffresponsiblefortheexecu:onoftheordersofthea`endingsurgeon,andwhoalsosubs:tuteswhenthea`endingsurgeonisnotpresent).Formuchoftherestofhis
career,TreveswasassociatedwithLondonhospitalandby1898hewasappointedConsul:ngSurgeon.
IntheMedicalSchoola`achedtotheLondonHospitalhewasDemonstratorofPrac:calAnatomy,LecturerinAnatomy,TeacherofOpera:veSurgeryandLectureronSurgery.Hebecameknownrapidlyforhiscarefulwork,beingfortunate
enoughtoworkata:mewhenLister'steachinghadallowedanincreaseinthenumberofabdominalsurgerytakingplace.
No.34nowNo.6WimpoleStreet)from1886(or1887)to1907.ImagescourtesyofLucaBorghiforHimetop-TheHistoryofMedicine
TopographicalDatabase.
Trevesgavemanymorelecturesandpublishedbooksthroughouthiscareer.In1883,hewasawardedtheJacksonianPrizeforhisdisserta:onen:tled‘ThePathology,DiagnosisandTreatmentofObstruc:onoftheIntes:neinitsVariousFormsin
theAbdominalCavity’.
Hewasasuccessfulabdominalsurgeon,workingwiththedevelopmentofbothanaesthe:csandan:sep:cmethods.
Trevesre:redat45yearsofagefromtheLondonHospitaltoprac:seprivately.ThisshowsjusthowsuccessfulTreveswas
becauseyouhadtobeextremelygood,respected,andwellpaidtobeabletodothis.
ModernDayTrevespreparedasasurgeonbyprac:singdissec:onofcorpsesandoJendemonstratedprac:calanatomytostudents.Now
doctorsandnursesaretrainedinanatomyandproceduresusingmodels,mul:-mediaandsimula:onsofthehumanbody.
Invasivesurgeryhasbeenreplacedinmanycasesbymethodswhichminimisetheincisionandusemicro-instruments.
Proac:vescreeningandMRIscannersreducetheneedforinves:ga:vesurgeryaswellassavinglivesthroughearly
diagnosisandtreatment.
