Henry Howse
{{Short description|English surgeon (1841–1914)}}
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{{Infobox medical person | name = Sir Henry Greenway Howse | image = Henry Howse BMJ1914.png | caption =Sir Henry Greenway Howse | birth_date = 21 December 1841 | birth_place = Bath, England | death_date = 15 September 1914 (aged 72) | death_place = Sevenoaks, England | nationality = British | education = Guy's | occupation = Surgeon | known_for = Antiseptic orthopaedic surgery | profession = General Surgeon | work_institutions = London University, Guy's | prizes = Hunterian Oration, Knighthood, Bradshaw Lecture }}
Sir Henry Greenway Howse {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRCS}} (21 December 1841 – 15 September 1914){{cite journal|title=SIR HENRY GREENWAY HOWSE, M.S., F.R.C.S.: Consulting Surgeon to Guy's Hospital|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=2|issue=2804|date=1914|pages=560–563|pmc=2299814|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.2804.560}} was an English surgeon, sometime President of the Royal College of Surgeons.{{cite web|title=Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online|url=http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E000217b.htm|website=Royal College of Surgeons|accessdate=16 August 2015}}
Life
Henry Greenway Howse was born in Lyncombe Hall,{{cite web|title=Lyncombe Hall, Bath|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-443074-lyncombe-hall-bath|website=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=16 August 2015}} Bath (England) to Henry Edward Howse and Isabella Howse (née Weald).{{cite web|title=Sir Henry Greenway Howse|url=http://www.howesfamilies.com/getperson.php?personID=I14011&tree=Onename|website=Howes Family Genealogy Pages|accessdate=16 August 2015}} He entered an apprenticeship in Reading at age 18 before commencing training at Guy's Hospital at age 20.
He had subsequent appointments at London University as a demonstrator in anatomy, before returning to Guy's as a member of staff as a surgery lecturer.
In 1881, he married a Miss Marshall, daughter of Thomas Lethbridge Marshall (a Unitarian minister at the New Gravel Pit Chapel); they subsequently had three daughters and one son.
His contributions include the development of new methods for preserving anatomical specimens for teaching (using a mixture of glycerine and arsenic), introducing histology (rather than just gross anatomy) as a part of the training for surgeons, propagating the antiseptic methods of Lister and knee surgery, although his surgical practice was very broad. He wasn't a prolific author, but did write entries for Heath's Dictionary of Practical Surgery{{cite book|last1=Heath|first1=Christopher|title=Dictionary of practical surgery: Volumes 1 and 2|url=https://archive.org/details/b29327751_0003|date=1886|publisher=Smith, Elder & Co.|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/b29327751_0003/page/970 970]& 884}} and as an Editor for Guy's Hospital Reports.
For the Royal College of Surgeons he was Vice-president (1897–1900) then President (1901–1903). He was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours list,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation Honours |date=26 June 1902 |page=5 |issue=36804}} receiving the accolade from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October that year.{{London Gazette |issue=27494 |date=11 November 1902 |page=7165 }}