Nathaniel H. Alcock (12 February 1871 – 13 June 1913) was an Irish medical doctor.
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| Born | Nathaniel Henry Alcock 12 February 1871 Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 13 June 1913 (aged 42) Montreal, Canada |
Life and family
editNathaniel Henry Alcock was born on 12 February 1871 in Letterkenny, County Donegal. His father was Daniel Robert Alcock, an assistant surgeon in the Royal Navy. Alcock attended Trinity College Dublin (TCD), graduating with a BA in natural sciences in 1893, and MB, BCh, BAO and MD in June 1896.[1][2][3]
Alcock married Nora Lilian Scott in 1905. The family migrated to Canada in 1911. Alcock died on 13 June 1913[1] from leukaemia. They had four children, one son and three daughters.[3] Their son, Nathaniel Scott, became a neurologist.[4]
Career
editAlcock went on to teach anatomy in Victoria College, Manchester, and physiology at TCD. In 1902 he was appointed a research fellow at the University of Marburg working with Professor Hans Horst Meyer. In January 1903, he was appointed a physiology demonstrator at the new department at the University of London under Augustus Desire Waller. Alcock took up a position as lecturer on physiology in January 1904 at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, becoming vice-dean in 1906.[1][3]
In 1908, he designed an apparatus to regulate the percentage of chloroform vapour administered as an anaesthetic.[5] Alcock was awarded a DSc in 1909 for his research in physiology. With F. O'B. Ellison he co-authored A textbook of experimental physiology (1909). In 1911 he was appointed chair of physiology at McGill University, a position he held until his death in 1913.[1]
Alcock also conducted some natural history research in his spare time. He published a work on Irish bats with Charles Bethune Moffat in 1903.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Zuck, D. (1988). "The Alcock chloroform vaporizer". Anaesthesia. 43 (11): 972–980. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05667.x. ISSN 1365-2044. PMID 3063130. S2CID 30332516.
- ^ Carpenter, G. H. (1913). "Nathaniel H. Alcock". The Irish Naturalist. 22 (7): 144. ISSN 2009-2598. JSTOR 25524137. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "NATHANIEL H. ALCOCK, M.D.Dub., D.Sc.Lond". British Medical Journal. 1 (2738): 1353. 21 June 1913. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2738.1353. ISSN 0007-1447. S2CID 219995248. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Nathaniel Scott Alcock". RCP Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Prototype Alcock chloroform inhaler, 1907-1908 | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Praeger, R. Lloyd. "Some Irish Naturalists: A Biographical Note-book". National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.