Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies: urologist who pioneered the treatment of kidney disease

bmj;382/jul07_2/p1564/FAF1faReginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was born into a family of seven generations of doctors in Wolverhampton, where he spent his childhood. His father was Allan Wyndham, a GP, and his mother was Muriel Constance (née Martin). His great grandfather had carried out home visits to his patients on a mountain pony, in the Welsh market town of Abergele. Educated at Rugby School, Lloyd-Davies sustained a fractured tibia playing rugby, which required surgery; he narrowly avoided an amputation. This kept him in the school sanatorium for almost a year. Given he came from a medical family it was natural for him to study medicine.CareerIn 1953 Lloyd-Davies started reading medicine. His extensive experience of hospitals at school may have contributed to his decision to train in general medicine and surgery, instead of following in the family tradition of becoming a general practitioner. In order to prepare for primary fellowship he spent six months,…
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