Dr. Russell Coombe

Born: 1855, Waterford, Munster, Ireland
Marriage (1): Eve Heriot Cartledge Johnstone Dec Q 1901 in Bromley, Kent, England
Died: 15 Feb 1933, Exeter, Devon, England aged 78

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Eve Heriot Cartledge Johnstone

bullet Birth Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/1206240/person/-1770368888

bullet Death Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&h=25414874&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&tid=1206240&tpid=-1770368888&rhSource=7619

And

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_223141-00801/5336830?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d5336830%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7579&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Education. Went to Caius Cambridge
Became an eminent surgeon

And

Adm. (age 24) at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1879. S. of Joseph, of Hampstead. B. at Waterford, Ireland. Matric. Michs. 1879; B.A. 1883; M.A. 1890; M.D. 1898. At St George's Hospital, London; House Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon-Registrar. F.R.C.S., 1886. L.R.C.P. (Edin.) 1887. In practice at Exeter; afterwards in partnership with Norman Francis Lock, F.R.C.S. Surgeon, Exeter Dispensary, etc. House Surgeon at Devon and Exeter Hospital; of Southernhay, Exeter, in 1898. Served in the Great War (Major, R.A.M.C.; Operating Surgeon at Netley Hospital, 1915-16). Donor of silver plate to the College. Author, Pocket Epitome of the British Pharmacopoeia, etc. Died Feb. 15, 1933, at St Germans Lodge, Exeter. (Venn II. 442; The Times, Feb. 16, 1933; Medical Directory.)
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=alumni6&h=107405&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1904

• Occupation. Surgeon
http://www.cstgpa.com/george_ireland_russell_family.html

And

Russell Coombe born in Waterford, Ireland in 1855 and was a mature student when he trained at Cambridge and St Georges, London, qualifying in 1886. He was a house surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in 1887, and appointed a specialist there in 1894.

He was involved in the introduction of X-ray diagnosis in Exeter in 1898 with an amateur photographer when 40 minute exposure time was needed

Like his contemporary Davy he was Sheriff of Exeter in 1914, and was involved in BMA

In 1911 he proposed the surgical treatment for congenital pyloric stenosis later adopted by Rammstedt.

He also died of a stroke in 1933.
http://medicalgentlemen.co.uk/aboutthedoctors/davy-coombe

• Web Based Info. http://www.cstgpa.com/george_ireland_russell_family.html

• Will. http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_223141-00801/5336830?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d5336830%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d7579&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Russell married Eve Heriot Cartledge Johnstone, daughter of John Cartledge Hirst Johnstone and Anne Belk, Dec Q 1901 in Bromley, Kent, England. (Eve Heriot Cartledge Johnstone was born Jun Q 1865 in Easington, Durham, England and died on 5 Apr 1953 in Exeter, Devon, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=vlEwuXjSo2HKFA6v5n%2BCRg&scan=1

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