James Sherren (1872-1945) was a British General surgeon.
- Eponymously associated with Sherren’s triangle
“While Britain breeds such men, her position in surgery remains assured”
A.M.A. Moore, Consulting Surgeon to the London Hospital
Biography
- Born in 1872 in Weymouth, Dorset
- Went to sea, at age 13 as an apprentice in a four-masted ship. He was trained in both sail and steam. Obtained his Masters Mariner’s certificate at the age of 21
- Became interested in medicine when he served as an apprentice at sea and assisted the ship’s doctor as an anaesthetist
- 1894 – London Hospital Medical College
- 1900 – FRCS
- 1914-18 Served with War Office in World War I Colonel
- 1919 – Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1926 – Quit hospital practice to become Ships surgeon
- 1939-1945 General surgeon at Cornelia and East Dorset Hospital, Poole
- Died 29 October 1945
Medical Eponyms
- Sherren’s triangle – “Lines joining the summet of the iliac crest, the pubic tubercle and umbilicus form “Sherren’s Triangle“, and he refers to this area of skin hyperaesthesia met with obstructive appendicitis as an indication that the appendix is distended and may burst at any moment hence immediate surgery is needed.”
- Ochsner-Sherren Delayed treatment for appendicitis. [Bailey PDF 1930]
Major Publications
- Sherren J. Appendicitis. Practitioner, 1905, 74, 833
- Sherren J. Injuries of Nerves and Their Treatment
, 1908
- Hutchison R, Sherren J. An Index of treatment
- Head, Sir Henry, Rivers WHR, Sherren J. Studies in Neurology
- Sherren J. Lectures on the Surgery of the Stomach and Duodenum
- Sherren J. An Address ON APPENDICITIS. Br Med J. 1925 Apr 18; 1(3355): 727–730 [PMC2226650]
References
- Biography: Sherren, James (1872 – 1945) Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England. [Full Text]
- Moore AM, Moore MA. James Sherren—surgeon and sailor. Br J Surg, 60: 841–846. doi:10.1002/bjs.1800601102 [Abstract]
- Ochsner AJ. A Handbook of Appendicitis. G. P. Engelhard & Co., Chicago, 1902, P. 110.
- Bailey H. The Ochsner-Sherren (Delayed) Treatment Of Acute Appendicitis: Indications And Technique. The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 3603, 1930, pp. 140–143 [PDF]
- Sherren JC. Sherren’s of the World – pp 1-25 [Full Text]
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