Hamilton Baile

Henry Hamilton Bailey (1 October 1894 – 25 March 1961) was a British surgeon. Bailey became one of the most influential authors of surgical textbooks in the 20th century. When publishing, and perhaps for much of his working life, he dropped his first name, becoming Hamilton Bailey. He was a pioneer in the use of illustrations and photographs in surgical textbooks.

Life

Hamilton was born to a medical missionary. He had a brother who died aged two days after birth, and a sister who was institutionalized with schizophrenia at the age of 18.

As a fourth year medical student of London Hospital Medical College, he volunteered as part of the 1st Belgian Unit of the British Red Cross on 1914. became a temporary surgeon with the Royal Navy, serving aboard , and .

He married a photographer, Vera Gillender, in 1925, who collaborated with him in the production of photographs for his books. Hamilton and Vera had one son, who died aged 15 in a railway accident subsequent through many editions, continuing as Hamilton Bailey's Demonstration of Physical Signs in Clinical Surgery, up to the 18th Ed. in 1997 by John S.P Lumley. A 19th edition expected in late 2015 (by. John S.P Lumley and Anil K. D'Cruz). Branchial cysts and other essays on surgical subjects in the facio-cervical region (1929). Emergency Surgery (1930-1) A Short Practice of Surgery (1932) Surgery for Nurses (1933) Recent advances in genito-urinary surgery (1936) Diseases of the Testicle (1936) Clinical surgery for dental practitioners (1937) Surgery of modern warfare (1940). A later entire edition was purchased by US Armed Forces for distribution to their medical corp.