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English physician
Allan George Williams Whitfield
Born (1909-01-30 ) 30 January 1909Died 18 February 1987(1987-02-18) (aged 78) Nationality British Occupation Physician Known for
Lumleian Lectures (1975)
Allan George Williams Whitfield
CBE
FRCP (1909–1987) was an English physician.
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After education at
Wellingborough School , A. George Whitfield studied medicine at the University of Birmingham, graduating there
MB ChB (Birm.) in 1931. After house appointments at
Birmingham General Hospital and at
Queen's Hospital, Birmingham he joined a well-established general practice in
Sutton Coldfield .
He joined the
RAMC
Territorial Force in 1933. During WWII he served as second in command of a field ambulance in France and was
mentioned in dispatches .
[2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1942 and was appointed assistant director of medical services of the
First Army . In 1943 a severe chest infection caused him to be invalided out, and he returned to general practice.
[2] He qualified MRCP in 1946. In 1947 he was appointed to
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham as medical registrar at the, then new, professorial department of medicine. There he became in 1948 consultant physician and lecturer in medicine to the
University of Birmingham . He graduated
MD in 1950 and PhD in 1955. At the University of Birmingham he was from 1955 to 1974 director of the board of graduate medical studies and also professor of medicine from 1966 to 1974. He was editor-in-chief of the
Quarterly Journal of Medicine for 13 years.
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George Whitfield’s chief research interests were in
lung volume , radiation damage to thoracic tissues and
cardiomyopathy ... He was also interested in Victorian history and published a number of historical papers and two books Beloved Sir James , Sutton Coldfield 1982, and The First thirty-seven registrars of the College , Sutton Coldfield 1981, both published privately.
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He was the author or co-author of approximately 200 publications. During the last decade of his life he wrote, with Sir
Cyril Clarke , reports on clinical epidemiology in internal medicine.
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George Whitfield was typical of all that is best in general physicians, and he could sum up people admirably, as evidenced by the frequency with which he was asked to write obituaries for colleagues. Just before he died he had submitted a chapter to a book on medical writing, still to be published. His contribution dealt with writing an obituary for a colleague: ‘That,’ he said to a friend, with a smile, ‘will give you something to chuckle about after I’ve gone.’
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In 1937 in Sutton Coldfield he married Barbara Franks. They had a daughter.
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Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet (subject of the biography Beloved Sir James: the life of Sir James Clark, Bart., Physician to Queen Victoria, 1788–1870 , 280 pages by George Whitfield)
Whitfield, A. G.; Waterhouse, J. A.; Arnott, W. M. (1950).
"The Total Lung Volume and its Subdivisions. A Study in Physiological Norms: I. Basic Data" . British Journal of Social Medicine . 4 (1): 1–25.
doi :
10.1136/jech.4.1.1 .
PMC
1037244 .
PMID
15426746 .
Whitfield, A. G.; Waterhouse, J. A.; Arnott, W. M. (1950).
"The Total Lung Volume and its Subdivisions: II. The Effect of Posture" . British Journal of Social Medicine . 4 (2): 86–97.
doi :
10.1136/jech.4.2.86 .
PMC
1012555 .
PMID
15434308 .
Whitfield, A. G.; Waterhouse, J. A.; Arnott, W. M. (1950).
"The Total Lung Volume and its Subdivisions: III.—Correlation with other Anthropometric Data" . British Journal of Social Medicine . 4 (3): 113–136.
doi :
10.1136/jech.4.3.113 .
PMC
1037250 .
PMID
14777883 .
Whitfield, A. G.; Arnott, W. M. (1951).
"Transient Disturbances of Consciousness in Hepatic Cirrhosis" . British Medical Journal . 2 (4739): 1054–1056.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.2.4739.1054 .
PMC
2070619 .
PMID
14869811 .
Richards, D. G.; Whitfield, A. G.; Arnott, W. M.; Waterhouse, J. A. (1951).
"The Lung Volume in Low Output Cardiac Syndromes" . British Heart Journal . 13 (3): 381–386.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.13.3.381 .
PMC
479432 .
PMID
14848394 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1952).
"Emphysema" . British Medical Journal . 2 (4796): 1227–1232.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.2.4796.1227 .
PMC
2022144 .
PMID
12997720 .
Richards, D. G.; Whitfield, A. G.; Arnott, W. M.; Waterhouse, J. A. (1953).
"The Lung Volume in Hyperkinetic States" . British Heart Journal . 15 (1): 83–86.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.15.1.83 .
PMC
503814 .
PMID
13018979 .
Smith, W. T.; Whitfield, A. G. (1954).
"Intra-vascular Micro-embolic Carcinomatosis as a Cause of Purpura. Report of a Case Associated with Focal Histological Lesions in the Nervous System" . British Journal of Cancer . 8 (1): 97–106.
doi :
10.1038/bjc.1954.7 .
PMC
2007925 .
PMID
13172386 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1955).
"Chlorpromazine Jaundice" . British Medical Journal . 1 (4916): 784–785.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.4916.784-a .
PMC
2061512 .
Whitfield, A. G.; Kunkler, P. B. (1957).
"Radiation Reactions in the Heart" . British Heart Journal . 19 (1): 53–58.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.19.1.53 .
PMC
503362 .
PMID
13396077 .
Brown, R. G.; McKeown, T.; Whitfield, A. G. (1957).
"A Note on the Association between Smoking and Disease in Men in the Seventh Decade" . British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine . 11 (3): 162–164.
doi :
10.1136/jech.11.3.162 .
PMC
1058671 .
PMID
13471907 .
Brown, R. G.; McKeown, T.; Whitfield, A. G. (1958).
"Observations on the Medical Condition of Men in the Seventh Decade" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5070): 555–562.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5070.555 .
PMC
2027911 .
PMID
13510725 .
Edwards, F.; McKeown, T.; Whitfield, A. G. (1959).
"Contributions and Demands of Elderly Men" . British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine . 13 (2): 59–66.
doi :
10.1136/jech.13.2.59 .
PMC
1058733 .
PMID
13662597 .
Edwards, F.; McKeown, T.; Whitfield, A. G. (1959).
"Incidence of Disease and Disability in Elderly Men" . British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine . 13 (2): 51–58.
doi :
10.1136/jech.13.2.51 .
PMC
1058732 .
PMID
13662596 .
Melnick, S. C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1962).
"Polyneuritis in Hæmochromatosis" . Postgraduate Medical Journal . 38 (444): 580–583.
doi :
10.1136/pgmj.38.444.580 .
PMC
2482151 .
PMID
13934734 .
Crews, S. J.; Whitfield, A. G. (1963).
"Sjögren's Syndrome" . Postgraduate Medical Journal . 39 (452): 324–336.
doi :
10.1136/pgmj.39.452.324 .
PMC
2482264 .
PMID
14023839 . 1963
Whitfield, A. G.; Bond, W. H.; Kunkler, P. B. (1963).
"Radiation Damage to Thoracic Tissues" . Thorax . 18 (4): 371–380.
doi :
10.1136/thx.18.4.371 .
PMC
1018788 .
PMID
14085658 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1964).
"The Postgraduate's Opinion of his Undergraduate Medical Education" . Postgraduate Medical Journal . 40 (464): 313–316.
doi :
10.1136/pgmj.40.464.313 .
PMC
2482893 .
PMID
14154951 .
Record, R. G.; Whitfield, A. G. (1964).
"Prevalence of and Mortality from Coronary Artery Disease in Men" . British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine . 18 (4): 202–209.
doi :
10.1136/jech.18.4.202 .
PMC
1058969 .
PMID
14216081 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1971).
"The Scientific Basis of Medicine" . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine . 64 (2): 236–237.
PMC
1812456 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1972).
"Iatrogenic misadventure" . British Medical Journal . 1 (5802): 733–734.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.1.5802.733 .
PMC
1787636 .
PMID
5015329 . 1972
Kendall, M. J.; Lawrence, D. S.; Shuttleworth, G. R.; Whitfield, A. G. (1973).
"Haematology and Biochemistry of Ankylosing Spondylitis" . British Medical Journal . 2 (5860): 235–237.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.2.5860.235 .
PMC
1589391 .
PMID
4144722 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1977).
"The Last Illness of the Prince Consort" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 12 (1): 96–102.
PMC
5366703 .
PMID
336875 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1977).
"Clark and Combe: Fact and Fantasy" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 11 (3): 268–272.
PMC
5368722 .
PMID
323474 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1978).
"How to chair a committee" . British Medical Journal . 2 (6142): 936–937.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.2.6142.936 .
PMC
1608053 .
PMID
709138 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1979).
"Peel's fall" . Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . 61 (2): 158–160.
PMC
2492800 .
PMID
373575 .
Robson, K.; Whitfield, A. G. (1979).
"Baldwin Hamey Junior—Ninth Registrar" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 13 (4): 189–192.
PMC
5373287 .
PMID
393814 .
Whitfield AG CBE (1980).
"Disraeli's Doctors" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 14 (3): 202–204.
PMC
5373223 .
PMID
7009849 .
Clarke, C.; Hine, K. R.; Dykes, P. W.; Whitehead, T. P.; Whitfield, A. G. (1980).
"Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Smoking" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 14 (4): 227–228.
PMC
5373255 .
PMID
7452527 .
Clarke, C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1980).
"Rhesus immunisation during pregnancy: The case for antenatal anti-D" . British Medical Journal . 280 (6218): 903–904.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.280.6218.903-a .
PMC
1601041 .
PMID
6770941 .
Clarke, C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1980).
"Deaths from rhesus haemolytic disease in England and Wales in 1978: Accuracy of records and assessment of anti-D prophylaxis" . British Medical Journal . 281 (6243): 781–782.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.281.6243.781 .
PMC
1714058 .
PMID
6775748 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1981).
"Cause of Death?" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 15 (4): 231.
PMC
5377697 .
PMID
30667912 .
Whitfield AG CBE (1981).
"Roger Marbeck—First Registrar" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 15 (1): 59–60.
PMC
5377639 .
PMID
7007632 .
Clarke, C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1982).
"The Autopsy in Deaths under Fifty" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 16 (3): 152–158.
PMC
5377725 .
PMID
7108823 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1983).
"Physician to the Prince of Wales" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 17 (4): 231–234.
PMC
5370862 .
PMID
6358481 .
Bayliss, R.; Clarke, C.; Oakley, C.; Somerville, W.; Whitfield, A. G. (1983).
"The teeth and infective endocarditis" . British Heart Journal . 50 (6): 506–512.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.50.6.506 .
PMC
481451 .
PMID
6360190 .
Alderson, M. R.; Bayliss, R. I.; Clarke, C. A.; Whitfield, A. G. (1983).
"Death certification" . British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.) . 287 (6390): 444–445.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.287.6390.444 .
PMC
1548693 .
PMID
6411165 .
Bayliss, R.; Clarke, C.; Oakley, C. M.; Somerville, W.; Whitfield, A. G.; Young, S. E. (1983).
"The microbiology and pathogenesis of infective endocarditis" . British Heart Journal . 50 (6): 513–519.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.50.6.513 .
PMC
481452 .
PMID
6651993 .
Bayliss, R.; Clarke, C.; Oakley, C. M.; Somerville, W.; Whitfield, A. G.; Young, S. E. (1984).
"The bowel, the genitourinary tract, and infective endocarditis" . British Heart Journal . 51 (3): 339–345.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.51.3.339 .
PMC
481509 .
PMID
6696812 .
Clarke, C. A.; Mollison, P. L.; Whitfield, A. G. (1985).
"Deaths from Rh(D) haemolytic disease of the newborn in England and Wales" . British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.) . 291 (6509): 1647–1648.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.291.6509.1647-c .
PMC
1418426 .
PMID
3935224 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1985).
"Bicentenary of an Account of the Foxglove. Historical address given at Edgbaston Parish Church, Birmingham" . British Heart Journal . 54 (3): 253–255.
doi :
10.1136/hrt.54.3.253 .
PMC
481891 .
PMID
3899149 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1984).
"The Scholar Prince" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 18 (3): 195–197.
PMC
5370883 .
PMID
6381724 .
Whitfield AG CBE (1985).
"In Sickness and in Health" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 19 (2): 115–118.
PMC
5371013 .
PMID
3889319 .
"Counselling in general practice" . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine . 78 (9): 785–786. 1985.
PMC
1289907 .
PMID
4045908 .
Bayliss R KCVO; Clarke C KBE; Oakley, C. M.; Somerville, W.; Whitfield AG CBE; Young, S. E. (1986).
"Incidence, Mortality and Prevention of Infective Endocarditis" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 20 (1): 15–20.
PMC
5371129 .
PMID
3944771 .
Whitfield, A. G. (1986).
"The Gentle Queen" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 20 (1): 63–66.
PMC
5371124 .
PMID
30667827 .
Bayliss, R.; Clarke, C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1986).
"The Female Life Span" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 20 (4): 290–293.
PMC
5371035 .
PMID
3772851 .
Whitfield AG CBE; Bayliss R KCVO; Clarke C KBE (1987).
"Deaths in the First 20 Years and Problems of the Sex Ratio at Birth" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 21 (4): 270–274.
PMC
5379372 .
PMID
3681787 .
Bayliss, R.; Clarke, C.; Whitfield, A. G. (1987).
"Problems in Comparative Longevity" . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . 21 (2): 134–139.
PMC
5379454 .
PMID
3585833 .
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"Alan George Williams Whitfield" . Royal College of Physicians, Lives of the Fellows, Munk's Roll, Vol. VIII .
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"Obituary. A G W Whitfield, CBE, MD, PhD, FRCP, FFCM" . Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) . 294 (6571): 584–585. 28 February 1987.
doi :
10.1136/bmj.294.6571.584 .
PMC
1245629 . (The obituary erroneously states, "He was created CBE in 1969." Munk's Roll has the correct year.)
^ Whitfield, A. G. W. Whitfield (October 1976).
"Ankylosing Spondylitis" . J R Coll Physicians Lond . 11 (1): 107–120.
PMC
5368763 .
PMID
978592 .
^ Whitfield, A. G. W. (October 1984).
"William Croone and the Croonian Sermon" . J R Coll Physicians Lond . 18 (4): 218, 224.
PMC
5370898 .
PMID
30667794 .