Vivian Bartley Green Armytage

Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage FRCP, FRCS, FRCOG, (14 August 1882 – 11 April 1961) was a British gynaecologist. He was noted for his progressive views, his service to Indian gynaecology and obstetrics, and his distinguished service in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.

Early life

Indian Medical Service Green-Armytage was commissioned lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (IMS) in 1907 and promoted to captain in 1910. Also in 1910 he won the Montefiore Surgical Medal at the Royal Army Medical College. He was the resident medical officer and surgeon at the Eden Hospital and the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta from 1911 to 1922.

He co-authored the fifth edition of Birch's Management and Medical Treatment of Children in India with Charles Robert Mortimer Green which was published by Thacker Spink & Co., in Calcutta in 1913. The book was originally published by Henry Goodeve as Hints for the General Management of Children in India in the absence of Professional Advice (1844).

First World War His work in India was interrupted by the First World War in which he served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was mentioned three times in despatches and also received the Mons Star, the Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, and the Order of the White Eagle of Serbia with Crossed Swords, in 1917.

He invented the Green Armytage forceps which are used to control excessive bleeding after a caesarean section.

In 1958, he was appointed Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Selected publications Birch's Management and Medical Treatment of Children in India. 5th edition. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta, 1913. (With C.R.M. Green) Labour-room Clinics, Being Aids to Midwifery Practice. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta, 1913. (Lectures delivered at the Eden Hospital) Tropical Midwifery: Labour-room Clinics. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta, 1928. The Management of Impaired Fertility. Oxford University Press, London, 1962. (With Margaret Moore White)