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Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB, FRCS, KStJ (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy. Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902.
Born in 1853, Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet GCVO CH CB FRCS was a leading Harley Street surgeon who pioneered appendix surgery and counted Joseph Merrick (Elephant Man) and King Edward VII as his patients.
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy. Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902.
- 15 February 1853
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dorchester, Dorset, England
- British
Treves became known worldwide and was created a baronet in the same year. By 1901, Treves had removed a thousand appendices. Yet appendicitis that progressed to peritonitis claimed Treves' daughter Hetty in 1900, despite his belated surgical intervention.
- Manoj Ramachandran, Jeffrey K Aronson
- 2011
Treves was made a Baronet, with honourable augmentation of a lion of England in his coat armour. Honours followed, including that of LLD Aberdeen, and his election as Lord Rector of the University. Before his Address he gave notice in the local press that if there was the slightest noise he would immediately leave the room and deliver no Address.
Treves was a confident and opinionated man, whose ‘habit of mind was to reduce all subjects to headings, duly numbered, with the result that he often missed the delicate side of things’, although wide-ranging interests and travels informed his judgements with independence.
Nov 1, 2016 · Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet GCVO CH CB FRCS (15 February 1853 - 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. An expert in anatomy, Treves was...
