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Edinburgh, Scotland, for locating and supplying many
of the archival materials relating to Mr Lane. The
portrait of Sir William Arbuthnot Lane was supplied
by the Wellcome Library, London. The photograph of
Professor Kenelm Hutchinson Digby was supplied by
the Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Anonymous. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane at Guy’s Hospital.
Br J Surg 1920;3.
2. Dally A. Fantasy surgery 1880-1930. Amsterdam: Editions
Rodopi BV; 1996.
3. Digby KH. A preliminary note on a new method of plating
fractures (read before the surgical section of the conference
of the China Medical Association at Peking in September
1926). China Med J 1926;316-24.
4. Ellis H, editor. Bailey and Bishop’s notable names in medicine
and surgery. London: HK Lewis; 1983. p. 130-4.
5. Lane WA. Remarks on the results of the operative treatment
of chronic constipation. Br Med J 1908;1:126-30.
6. Lane WA. A method of treating simple oblique fractures of
the tibia and fibula more efficient than those in common use.
Trans Clin Soc Lond 1894;27:167-75.
7. Lane WA. On the advantage of the steel screw in the treatment
of ununited fractures. Lancet 1893;2:1500.
8. Lane WA. On the operative procedure for simple fractures
which have been unscientifically treated. Edin Med J 1901;
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9. Lane WA. A few cases illustrating the results of operative
interference for fractures about the elbow joint. Edin Med J
1902;11:388.
10. Lane WA. A lecture on the operative treatment of simple
fractures. Lancet 1900;1:1489.
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11. Lane WA. On the treatment of fractures around the vicinity
of joints. Lancet 1907;1:1283.
12. Lane WA. Discussion on the operative treatment of simple
fractures. Br Med J 1910;2:1059.
13. Lane WA. Method of procedure in operations in simple
fractures. Br Med J 1912;2:1532.
14. Lane WA. Fractures in warfare. Lancet 1918;1:101, 181.
15. Lane WA. Some notes on the treatment of fractures. Lancet
1923;1:162.
16. Lane WA. Treatment of fractures. Lancet 1925;1:263.
17. Lane WA. Fact and fiction, or the prognosis in cases of fractures.
Practitioner 1909;82:197.
18. Lane WA. Some remarks on the treatment of fractures. Br
Med J 1898;1:861.
19. Lane WA. Some clinical observations on the principles
involved in the surgery of fractures. Clin J Lond 1894;5:392.
20. Lane WA. Some points in the treatment of fractures. Practitioner
1902;69:267.
21. (Obituary) Sir William Arbuthnot Lane. Br Med J 1943;115.
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24. Layton TB. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, Bt: an enquiry
into the man and influence of a surgeon. Edinburgh: E & S
Livingstone; 1956.
25. Ong GB. Surgery in Hong Kong. JR Coll Surg Edin 1969;1.
26. Ong GB. Development of surgery in Hong Kong. Ann Coll
Surg HK 1997;1:12-9.
27. Tanner WE. Arbuthnot Lane, his life and work. London: Bailliere;
1946.
The Author
FU Louis Kuo-Tai, FRCSEd, FHKCOS, Faculty of History
and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy, The Worshipful
Society of Apothecaries of London.
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