Work on Blood Transfusions
TitleWork on Blood Transfusions
ReferenceMS0341/1
Level of descriptionsub-fonds
Date1928-1984
Creator Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1887-1982, Knight, surgeon, author, William Richard Le Fanu, 1904-1995, librarian
Admin./ biographical historyGeoffrey Keynes (1887-1982) was born in Cambridge and educated at Rugby School, where he became friends with war poet Rupert Brooke. He was appointed literary executor for the estate of Brooke's death in 1915. He was the brother of economist Maynard Keynes.
He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1909 and secured an open scholarship to St Bartholemew's Hospital (St Bart's) in 1910. At St Barts he won the Wix proxe for an essay on Sir Astley Cooper and the Brackenbury Surgical Scholarship and the Willett Medal for Operative Surgery. He qualified as a surgeon with the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1913 and joined the RAMC in 1914. He later achieved the rank of Major as a surgical specialist twith the British Expeditionary Force in France. During the First World War he an expert in blood transfusion. His work to create a portable blood transfusion device (the Keynes Flask) was recognized as saving thousands of lives during the First World War and led to his eventual knighthood in 1955
He completed his MD in 1918 and took the final fellowship exam in 1920. He undertook research and published on breast cancer and radium treatment, as well as thyroid disease and herniasresearch and . He gave his first Hunterian lecture in 1923 on cystic disease of the breast. He had a private practice and also held appointments at St Barts, Mount Vernon Hospital, the Radium Institute, the London County Council Thyroid Clinic and the City of London Truss Society.
During the Second World War Keynes he volunteered for the Royal Air Force Medical Servicein which he served until 1945 with the evenutal rank of Acting Air Vice-Marshal.
After the war he became a full surgeon at St Barts, but only had one year until retirement age (60) after which he was retained as emeritus surgeon.
He was elected to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons and served as a Council member from 1944-1952. He gave further Hunterian Lectures and was honorary librarian for the College and a Hunterian Trusteee. He was awarded the College Gold Medal in 1969. He also lectured at the Royal College of Physicians, where he held several distinguished positions. In 1956 he became Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Professor and lectured in Canada and Africa.
He maintained a passionate interest in English literature all his life and devoted a large amount of his time to literary scholarship and the science of bibliography. He was a leading authority on the literary and artistic work of William Blake and also produced biographies and bibliographies of English writers such as Sir Thomas Browne, John Evelyn, Siegfried Sassoon, John Donne and Jane Austen. He was also a pioneer in the history of science, with studies of John Ray, William Harvey and Robert Hooke. His biography The Life of William Harvey was awarded the 1966 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
His autobiography The Gates of Memory was published in 1981.
[Source: Plarr's Lives of the Fellows.]
He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1909 and secured an open scholarship to St Bartholemew's Hospital (St Bart's) in 1910. At St Barts he won the Wix proxe for an essay on Sir Astley Cooper and the Brackenbury Surgical Scholarship and the Willett Medal for Operative Surgery. He qualified as a surgeon with the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1913 and joined the RAMC in 1914. He later achieved the rank of Major as a surgical specialist twith the British Expeditionary Force in France. During the First World War he an expert in blood transfusion. His work to create a portable blood transfusion device (the Keynes Flask) was recognized as saving thousands of lives during the First World War and led to his eventual knighthood in 1955
He completed his MD in 1918 and took the final fellowship exam in 1920. He undertook research and published on breast cancer and radium treatment, as well as thyroid disease and herniasresearch and . He gave his first Hunterian lecture in 1923 on cystic disease of the breast. He had a private practice and also held appointments at St Barts, Mount Vernon Hospital, the Radium Institute, the London County Council Thyroid Clinic and the City of London Truss Society.
During the Second World War Keynes he volunteered for the Royal Air Force Medical Servicein which he served until 1945 with the evenutal rank of Acting Air Vice-Marshal.
After the war he became a full surgeon at St Barts, but only had one year until retirement age (60) after which he was retained as emeritus surgeon.
He was elected to the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons and served as a Council member from 1944-1952. He gave further Hunterian Lectures and was honorary librarian for the College and a Hunterian Trusteee. He was awarded the College Gold Medal in 1969. He also lectured at the Royal College of Physicians, where he held several distinguished positions. In 1956 he became Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Professor and lectured in Canada and Africa.
He maintained a passionate interest in English literature all his life and devoted a large amount of his time to literary scholarship and the science of bibliography. He was a leading authority on the literary and artistic work of William Blake and also produced biographies and bibliographies of English writers such as Sir Thomas Browne, John Evelyn, Siegfried Sassoon, John Donne and Jane Austen. He was also a pioneer in the history of science, with studies of John Ray, William Harvey and Robert Hooke. His biography The Life of William Harvey was awarded the 1966 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
His autobiography The Gates of Memory was published in 1981.
[Source: Plarr's Lives of the Fellows.]
Scope and ContentPapers and material relating to Keynes' work on blood transfusions. This folder also contains papers relating to the management of the Red Cross Society Blood Transfusion Service*.
[*British Red Cross Society, Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 10th June 1949
British Red Cross Society, Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 25th October 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 8th June 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 2nd February 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 12th April 1948
The British Red Cross Society, Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ending 31st December 1948
British Red Cross Society, Report of the Blood Transfusion Service, for the year ended 31st December 1926.
Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1947
Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1948
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, 21st November 1949]
[*British Red Cross Society, Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 10th June 1949
British Red Cross Society, Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 25th October 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 8th June 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 2nd February 1948
Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, minutes of the executive committee meeting 12th April 1948
The British Red Cross Society, Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ending 31st December 1948
British Red Cross Society, Report of the Blood Transfusion Service, for the year ended 31st December 1926.
Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1947
Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1948
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Greater London Blood Transfusion Service, 21st November 1949]
Extent1 Folder
LanguageEnglish
Conditions governing accessBy appointment only. See College website for contact details of the Archives.
Persons keyword Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1887-1982, knight, surgeon
SubjectBlood
