Sir Henry Wade
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Sir Henry Wade CMG DSO |
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18 December 1876 Falkirk, Scotland |
| Died | 21 February 1955 (aged 78) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Royal High School, Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
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| Fields | Surgery, Urology |
| Institutions | Leith Hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | A contribution to the problem of cancer research based upon the results of an experimental investigation of infective sarcome of the dog |
Sir Henry Wade (18 December 1876 – 21 February 1955) was a Scottish military and urological surgeon. He was elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1935.
Wade was born in Falkirk, son of Rev George Wade, minister of the Falkirk West United Presbyterian Church. From the Royal High School of Edinburgh, he went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB, ChB with honours in 1898. In September 1899, he was appointed house physician under Sir Thomas Fraser at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
In 1900, in response to a national call for volunteer doctors to serve in the Boer War, Wade enlisted as a civilian surgeon and was posted to join the Royal Scots Fusiliers at the 1st General Hospital in Wynberg. He went on to serve at the 1st General Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa. He was awarded the Queen's Medal with four clasps. On his return home after two years, Wade became clinical tutor under Professor Francis Mitchell Caird, Professor of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh University. At the same time, he was appointed as a demonstrator in Anatomy and then Pathology at the University of Edinburgh. In 1903, he was appointed Museum Conservator at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and became a fellow of the college.
He joined Ford Robertson, Pathologist to the Edinburgh Asylums Laboratory, situated at that time in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. They investigated the hypothesis that cancer might be a microbial disease by examining sections of human cancers using metallic impregnation techniques. Robertson and Wade demonstrated bacteria in these sections and mistakenly concluded that these were 'the determining factor' in causing cancer. Their publication provoked national debate and their conclusions were rebuked in a Lancet editorial.
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