Bryan Nicholson Brooke Explained

Bryan Nicholas Brooke
Birth Date:	1915 2, df=y
Birth Place:	Croydon
Death Place:	Kenley, Surrey^[1]
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Surgeon
Known For:	Brooke ileostomy^[2]

Bryan Nicholas Brooke MD, M.Chir., (21 February 1915 – 18 September 1998) was a British surgeon and pioneer of surgery for ulcerative colitis.^[3]

Biography

The son of numismatist George C. Brooke, after education at Bradfield College, he matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1936. After clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, he qualified MRCS in 1939 and graduated MB BChir in 1940 and MChir in 1944 from the University of Cambridge. He was elected FRCS in 1942 and was chief surgical assistant at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1944 he joined the RAMC and served as a lieutenant colonel in charge of a surgical division.^[3]

After demobilisation, Brooke spent a year as a senior lecturer in Aberdeen. He joined in 1947 the new professorial surgical unit headed by Alan Stammers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. There, Lionel Hardy, (William) Trevor Cooke, and Clifford Hawkins were keenly interested in testing the newly introduced adherent Koening-Rutzen bag for potential ileostomy patients.^[3]

He received the higher MD from the University of Birmingham in 1954.^[3] He was appointed in 1963 the first professor of surgery at St George's Hospital and held that post until 1976.^[4]

Selected publications

Articles

• Br Med J. 11 August 1956. 2. 4988. 343–344. 2035088. Trendelenburg Tilt. Inglis JM. Brooke BN. 13342485. 10.1136/bmj.2.4988.343. (See Trendelenburg position.)
• Brooke BN. Malignant change in ulcerative colitis. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 4. 6. 1961. 393–398. 10.1007/BF02616569. 13873443. 2721432.
• Eade MN. Cooke WT. Brooke BN. Thompson, H.. Liver disease in Crohn's colitis: a study of 21 consecutive patients having colectomy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 74. 4. 1971. 518–528. 10.7326/0003-4819-74-4-518. 5551160.
• Brooke BN. Br Med J. 29 January 1972. 1. 5795. 310–311. Crohn's disease of the large bowel. 1787168. 10.1136/bmj.1.5795.310-c.
• Experimental animal studies of the etiology and pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. 1158079. Cave DR. Mitchell DN. Brooke BN. Gastroenterology. September 1975. 69. 3. 618–624. 10.1016/s0016-5085(19)32453-9. free.
• Brooke BN. 1596986. Br Med J. 3 November 1979. 2. 6198. 1130–1131. Chance acquaintances. 20792969. 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1130.

Books

• Book: You and your operation. Faber & Faber. 1956. ^[5]
• with Geoffrey Slaney: Book: Metabolic derangements in gastrointestinal.

  169+xii, illustrated

  . 1966. Springfield, Illinois. Charles C. Thomas.
• Book: Understanding Cancer. Holt McDougal. 1973. ^[6]
• as editor with Andrew W. Wilkinson: Book: Inflammatory disease of the bowel – Conference proceedings. Tunbridge Wells. Pitman Medical. 1980. 978-0272795569. ^[7]
• Book: The troubled gut: causes and consequences of diarrhoea. King Edward's Hospital Fund for London. 1986. 978-0-19-724635-1.

  pbk, illustrated; 172 pp.

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Notes and References

1. News: Drummer, Diana. 3 October 1998. The Independent. Obituary: Bryan Brooke.
2. Book: Bartolucci, Sue. Forbis, Pat. Stedman's Medical Eponyms. 2005. 104. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins . 9780781754439.
3. Web site: Brooke, Bryan Nicholas (1915–1998). Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons.
4. Book: Corman, Marvin L.. Colon and rectal surgery. 2005. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 1575. 9780781740432.
5. Book: You and your operation. National Library of Australia Catalogue. Faber and Faber. 1956.
6. Web site: 1 March 1973. Review of Understanding Cancer by Dr. Bryan N. Brooke. Kirkus Reviews.
7. Book: Inflammatory disease of the bowel. National Library of Australia Catalogue. 9780272795569. Pitman Medical. 1980.
8. Forgacs, Ian. Review of The Troubled Gut by B. Brooke. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 15 November 1986. 293. 6557. 1299–1302. 1342125. 10.1136/bmj.293.6557.1299.
9. Temperley, J. N.. Review of The Troubled Gut by B. Brooke. Postgrad Med J. 63. 738. 318. April 1987. 2428149. 10.1136/pgmj.63.738.318.