Cynthia Illingworth
English paediatrician and medical author
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Cynthia Mary Illingworth (née Redhead) (3 August 1920 – 30 August 1999) was an English consultant paediatrician and medical author. She was the first consultant in paediatric accident and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom.
3 August 1920
Cynthia Illingworth | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cynthia Mary Redhead 3 August 1920 |
| Died | 30 August 1999 (aged 79) |
| Education | Durham University |
| Occupations | paediatrician, medical author |
| Relatives | Ronald Illingworth m.1947 |
| Medical career | |
| Field | paediatric accident and emergency medicine |
Biography
Cynthia Mary Redhead was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 3 August 1920. Her father, Arthur Blenkinsop Redhead, was an electrical engineer.[1] She was educated at Dame Allan's School and went on to study medicine at Durham University.[citation needed] Her medical training was taken at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, working with the paediatrician Sir James Spence.
In 1947, she took up a position as a lecturer in child health at the University of Sheffield. She was a physician in the paediatric accident and emergency department at Sheffield Children's Hospital. In 1972 she became the first consultant in paediatric accident and emergency medicine in the UK.[1]
In 1947, she married Ronald Illingworth and together they had two daughters and a son. Their children all became physicians. She had six grandchildren.[2][3]
She enjoyed travel, painting, the theatre, and music.[3]
Illingworth died suddenly on 30 August 1999 of carcinomatosis.[1]
Selected bibliography
Illingworth authored and co-authored more than ten medical text books and several journal articles including:
- Babies and young children : feeding, management and care, by Ronald S Illingworth and Cynthia Illingworth. Churchill Livingstone., 7th ed 1984.
- Lessons from childhood: some aspects of the early life of unusual men and women, by Ronald S Illingworth; Cynthia M Illingworth. E.& S. Livingstone, 1969.
- The diagnosis and primary care of accidents and emergencies in children : a manual for the casualty officer and the family doctor by Cynthia M Illingworth. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1978
- Babies and young children: a guide for parents by Ronald S Illingworth and Cynthia Illingworth. Churchill Livingstone, 1960
- Babies and young children: feeding, management and care by Ronald S Illingworth and Cynthia Illingworth. Churchill Livingstone. 1954
- 227 road accidents to children by Cynthia Illingworth. Acta Pædiatrica, v68 n6 (December 1979): 869-873
- 225 skateboard injuries in children by Cynthia M. Illingworth; Ann Jay; Dilys Noble; Mary Collick. Clinical Pediatrics, v17 n10 (10/1978): 781-782