Charles Richard Box Explained

Charles Richard Box (1866–1951) was an English physician, surgeon, and anatomist.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Biography

After education at Dulwich College, Charles Box started work in business in the City of London but soon abandoned his business career to study medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital. There he graduated BSc (Lond.) in 1889, MB BS in 1892, and MD in 1893. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1891 and MRCP in 1897. At St Thomas' Hospital he was appointed medical registrar in 1894, resident assistant physician in 1897, assistant physician in 1900, and full physician in 1915, retiring as consultant physician in 1926. There he was demonstrator in morbid anatomy from 1894 to 1919, and during those years performed most of the autopsies. At St Thomas' Hospital he was for many years a demonstrator of morbid anatomy and performed most of the autopsies. At St Thomas' Medical School he held successively appointments as lecturer in medicine and applied anatomy, medical tutor, and sub-dean.^[4]

Box was elected FRCP in 1906. During WWI he served as a major assigned to the 5th London General Hospital. After his retirement in 1926 from St Thomas' Hospital he continued as physician to the London Fever Hospital and the Royal Masonic Hospital.^[2] He delivered the Lumleian Lectures in 1933 on Complications of the Specific Fevers.^[1]

In 1905 in St George Hanover Square, London, he married Marian Jane Thyer. Upon his death in 1951 he was survived by his widow. His will left £1,000 to the Society of Apothecaries and gave to St Thomas' Hospital his residuary estate to form the Box fund for helping medical students.^[4]

Selected publications

Articles

• 2511946. 1902. Box. C. R.. An Address on Some Points in Connexion with Ulceration of the Stomach and Duodenum. British Medical Journal. 1. 2145. 320–322. 20760043. 10.1136/bmj.1.2145.320.
• 2436029. 1908. Box. C. R.. Subphrenic Abscess. British Medical Journal. 1. 2461. 535–536. 10.1136/bmj.1.2461.535-b.
• 2046514. 1909. Box. C. R.. Dilatation of the Ureter without Obvious Mechanical Obstruction (Idiopathic Dilatation). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2. Pathol Sect. 134–135. 10.1177/003591570900201112. 19973910.
• Discussion on Infections of the Urinary Tract by Bacillus coli in Infancy and Childhood. Box, C. R.. Pardoe, J.. Parkinson, J. P.. British Med J. 15 October 1910. 1128–1135.
• 1961195. 1910. Box. C. R.. Statistics of Pericarditis with Effusion, from the London Hospitals: (St. Thomas's). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 3. Med Sect. 104–109. Butler. G. G.. 10.1177/003591571000300718. 19974468.
• 2333782. 1911. Box. C. R.. The Syphilitic Factor in the Hemiplegias and Diplegias of Infancy and Childhood. British Medical Journal. 1. 2626. 982–985. 20765595. 10.1136/bmj.1.2626.982.
• 2344880. 1912. Box. C. R.. Left-Sided Subphrenic Abscess Due to Perforated Duodenal Ulcer. British Medical Journal. 1. 2677. 889–890. 20766132. 10.1136/bmj.1.2677.889.
• 2007077. 1913. Box. C. R.. Excision of Spleen for Congenital Family Cholæmia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 6. Sect Study Dis Child. 8–11. 10.1177/003591571300601805. 19977420.
• 10.1016/S0035-9203(13)90046-8. Fatal pellagra in two English boys, with the results of the pathological investigation of one case. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 6. 5. 149–156. 1913. Box. Charles R.. Mott. F.W.. Frederick Walker Mott.
• 2002973. 1914. Box. C. R.. Hypertrophied and Dilated Urinary Bladder. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 7. Clin Sect. 70. 10.1177/003591571400700242. 19977572.
• 2299433. 1914. Box. C. R.. English Pellagra in Early Childhood. British Medical Journal. 2. 2800. 397. 20767268. 10.1136/bmj.2.2800.397.
• 1258849. 1919. Mellanby. J.. The Relation of Sugar Excretion to Diet in Glycosuria. The Biochemical Journal. 13. 1. 65–76. Box. C. R.. 16742842. 10.1042/bj0130065.
• 2337776. 1920. Box. C. R.. An Address ON SOME POINTS IN CONNEXION WITH RENAL DISEASE: Delivered before the Lambeth Division of the British Medical Association. British Medical Journal. 1. 3089. 356–359. 20769819. 10.1136/bmj.1.3089.356.
• 1948368. 1926. Box. C. R.. Discussion on the Modern Control of Infectious Diseases. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 19. Med Sect. 19. 10.1177/003591572601900808. 19985040.
• 2459749. 1935. Box. C. R.. Typhoid Fever: Its Chief Complications. British Medical Journal. 1. 3871. 538–540. 20778936. 10.1136/bmj.1.3871.538.
• 2087025. 1937. Box. C. R.. The London Fever Hospital. British Medical Journal. 2. 3995. 246. Broadbent. J. F.. Willcox. W. H.. Lakin. C. E.. Bryan. C. W.. Neilson. D. F.. Hunt. T.. Smith. K. S.. 10.1136/bmj.2.3995.246-a.

Books

• with W. McAdam Eccles: Book: Clinical applied anatomy. 1906. London. Churchill.
• Book: Post-mortem manual, a handbook of morbid anatomy and post-mortem technique. 1910. London. Churchill. Book: 2nd edition. 1919.

References

1. Obituary. Charles Richard Box, M.D. F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.. Br Med J. 14 April 1951. 1. 4710. 823. 10.1136/bmj.1.4710.823. 14821543. 2068728.
2. Web site: Charles Richard Box. Royal College of Physicians, Lives of the Fellows, Munk's Roll, Vol. IV.
3. Box, Charles Richard. Who's Who. 1923. 303.
4. Web site: Box, Charles Richard (1866–1951). Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons of England.