Malcolm Davenport Milne Explained

Birth Date:	22 May 1915
Birth Place:	Woodley, Cheshire^[1]
Death Place:	Dacorum, Hertfordshire
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Physician
Known For:	research on renal disease^[2]

Malcolm Davenport Milne (1915–1991) was an English physician and nephrologist.^[3]

Biography

After education at Stockport School, Milne matriculated at the University of Manchester, where he graduated BSc in 1936 and MB ChB (Manch.) in 1939. During WWII he was a regimental medical officer. From 1940 to 1946 he served in a field ambulance with the 8th Army in North Africa and then Italy. In 1943 for his service in Tunisia he was mentioned in dispatches.

He qualified MRCP in 1947 and graduated MD in 1951.^[1]

From 1952 to 1961 Milne worked at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School.

In 1961 Milne was appointed to the chair of medicine at the Westminster Hospital Medical School, where he retired in 1981. There he was a clinician and teacher and continued his research on metabolic disorders. He was an internationally recognized authority on disorders of amino-acid transport.

In 1941 in Stockport, Cheshire he married Mary Thorpe. They became the parents of a son and a daughter.^[1]

Awards and honours

• 1958 — FRCP
• 1963 — Bradshaw Lecturer on Disorders of amino-acid transport^[4]
• 1976 — Lumleian Lecturer on Transport defects in disease
• 1978 — FRS
• 1981 — Baly Medal^[5]

Selected publications

• 2030027. 1953. Dent. R. V.. Abdominal Topography in Osteoporosis of the Spine. British Medical Journal. 2. 4845. 1082–1084. Milne. M. D.. Roussak. N. J.. Steiner. G.. 13094122. 10.1136/bmj.2.4845.1082.
• 2079836. 1954. Evans. B. M.. Potassium-losing Nephritis Presenting as a Case of Periodic Paralysis. British Medical Journal. 2. 4896. 1067–1071. Milne. M. D.. 13199381. 10.1136/bmj.2.4896.1067.
• 2501310. 1954. Milne. M. D.. The Classification and Prognosis of Nephritis and Allied Renal Diseases. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 30. 350. 640–654. 13215186. 10.1136/pgmj.30.350.640.
• 2061684. 1955. Fraenkel. G. J.. Haematemesis. British Medical Journal. 1. 4920. 999–1002. Truelove. S. C.. 14363771. 10.1136/bmj.1.4920.999.
• 1979756. 1956. Aird. I.. Potassium-losing Nephritis. British Medical Journal. 1. 4974. 1042–1043. Milne. M. D.. Muehrcke. R. C.. 10.1136/bmj.1.4974.1042.
• 1363098. 1959. Crawford. M. A.. The effects of changes in acid-base balance on urinary citrate in the rat. The Journal of Physiology. 149. 2. 413–423. Milne. M. D.. Scribner. B. H.. 13812721. 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006348.
• 2097654. 1960. Shackman. R.. Oliguric Renal Failure of Surgical Origin. British Medical Journal. 2. 5211. 1473–1482. Milne. M. D.. Struthers. N. W.. 13750544. 10.1136/bmj.2.5211.1473.
• 1413360. 1961. Milne. M. D.. The intestinal absorption defect in cystinuria. Gut. 2. 4. 323–337. Asatoor. A. M.. Edwards. K. D.. Loughridge. L. W.. 18668745. 10.1136/gut.2.4.323.
• 1926946. 1962. London. D. R.. Dangers of Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. British Medical Journal. 2. 5321. 1752. Milne. M. D.. 10.1136/bmj.2.5321.1752.
• 2123508. 1963. Colliss. J. E.. Stature and Nutrition in Cystinuria and Hartnup Disease. British Medical Journal. 1. 5330. 590–592. Levi. A. J.. Milne. M. D.. 14022394. 10.1136/bmj.1.5330.590.
• 1703639. 1963. Asatoor. A. M.. The excretion of pethidine and its derivatives. British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 20. 2. 285–298. London. D. R.. Milne. M. D.. Simenhoff. M. L.. 13965101. 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1963.tb01468.x.
• 1812644. 1964. Milne. M. D.. Disorders of Amino-Acid Transport. British Medical Journal. 1. 5379. 327–336. 14079031. 10.1136/bmj.1.5379.327.
• 1898761. 1964. Milne. M. D.. New Approaches to Poisoning. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 57. 9. 809–811. 14208024. 10.1177/003591576405700918.
• 1898224. 1964. Milne. M. D.. Recognition, Management and Prognosis of Urinary Infections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 57. 12. 1122–1124. 14244886. 10.1177/003591576405701203.
• 1704066. 1965. Asatoor. A. M.. The excretion of dexamphetamine and its derivatives. British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 24. 1. 293–300. Galman. B. R.. Johnson. J. R.. Milne. M. D.. 14302363. 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1965.tb02105.x.
• 1898658. 1965. Milne. M. D.. Influence of Acid-base Balance on Efficacy and Toxicity of Drugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 58. 11 Pt 2. 961–963. 5854429. 10.1177/003591576505811P204.
• 1552491. 1966. Bourke. E.. Caecal pH and ammonia in experimental uraemia. Gut. 7. 5. 558–561. Milne. M. D.. Stokes. G. S.. 5929271. 10.1136/gut.7.5.558.
• 1901325. 1966. Milne. M. D.. Lessons from Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 59. 11 Pt 1. 1157–1162. 5333528. 10.1177/003591576605911P136.
• 1902126. 1967. Milne. M. D.. Recent Developments in the Management and Prognosis of some Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 60. 11 Pt 1. 1149–1152. 6060714. 10.1177/003591576706011P139.
• 1911972. 1968. Milne. M. D.. Hypertension Secondary to Renal Disease. British Medical Journal. 4. 5624. 172–173. 10.1136/bmj.4.5624.172-b.
• 1811193. 1969. Milne. M. D.. Is the teaching ward round obsolete?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 62. 8. 846–848. 5810316. 10.1177/003591576906200842.
• 1411426. 1970. Asatoor. A. M.. Intestinal absorption of carnosine and its constituent amino acids in man. Gut. 11. 3. 250–254. Bandoh. J. K.. Lant. A. F.. Milne. M. D.. Navab. F.. 5423906. 10.1136/gut.11.3.250.
• 1411553. 1970. Asatoor. A. M.. Intestinal absorption of two dipeptides in Hartnup disease. Gut. 11. 5. 380–387. Cheng. B.. Edwards. K. D.. Lant. A. F.. Matthews. D. M.. Milne. M. D.. Navab. F.. Richards. A. J.. 5428040. 10.1136/gut.11.5.380.
• 1176258. 1971. Milne. M. D.. Disorders of intestinal amino-acid transport. Journal of Clinical Pathology. Supplement (Royal College of Pathologists). 5. 41–44. 10.1136/jcp.s3-5.1.41.
• 1176707. 1971. Milne. M. D.. Amino acid metabolism in cystinuria. Biochemical Journal. 122. 1. 9P–10P. 5124822. 10.1042/bj1220009pb.
• 1412066. 1972. Asatoor. A. M.. Intestinal absorption of an arginine-containing peptide in cystinuria. Gut. 13. 2. 95–98. Harrison. B. D.. Milne. M. D.. Prosser. D. I.. 5045711. 10.1136/gut.13.2.95.
• 478164. 1974. Asatoor. A. M.. Amino acid imbalance in cystinuria. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 27. 6. 500–504. Freedman. P. S.. Gabriel. J. R.. Milne. M. D.. Prosser. D. I.. Roberts. J. T.. Willoughby. C. P.. 4411931. 10.1136/jcp.27.6.500.
• 5370932. 1983. Asatoor. A. M.. The Effect of Chelation Therapy on the Amino Aciduria and Peptiduria of Wilson's Disease. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 17. 2. 122–125. Milne. M. D.. Walshe. J. M.. 6842414.
• 1438707. 1983. Milne. M. D.. Acute Renal Failure. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 76. 3. 237–238. 10.1177/014107688307600329.

References

1. Web site: Malcolm Davenport Milne. Royal College of Physicians, Lives of the Fellows, Munk's Roll, Vol. IX.
2. Peart, William Stanley. William Stanley Peart. Malcolm Milne, 22 May 1915–3 April 1991. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1995. 41 . 298–307. 10.1098/rsbm.1995.0018. 11615359 . free.
3. Web site: Malcolm Davenport Milne. The Renal Association.
4. Br Med J. 8 February 1964. 1. 5379. 327–336. 1812644. 14079031. Disorders of Amino-Acid Transport. Milne, M. D.. 10.1136/bmj.1.5379.327.
5. Book: Briggs, Asa. A History of the Royal College of Physicians. 4. 2005. Oxford University Press. 1701. 978-0-19-925334-0 .