Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies
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Reginald Wyndham Lloyd Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 June 1934 Wolverhampton, England |
| Died | 25 March 2023 (aged 88) |
| Education | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Studies of the bladder epithelium |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | |
| Sub-specialties | Urology |
| Notable works | A Colour Atlas of Urology (co-authored in 1983) |
Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies (24 June 1934 – 25 March 2023) was a British urologist and head of clinical urology at St Thomas' Hospital, London, who completed early studies of the bladder epithelium with a scanning electron microscope.
Lloyd-Davies co-authored A Colour Atlas of Urology, first published in 1983.
Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was born on 24 June 1934 in Wolverhampton,[1] where he spent his childhood.[2] He completed his early education from Rugby school, where he sustained a fracture of the tibia during a rugby game; the injury kept him confined for a year.[2] In 1952, he gained admission to study medicine at St Thomas' Hospital.[2] One of his early junior posts was at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.[2][3]
Career
Upon returning to St Thomas' Lloyd-Davies assisted in setting up a dialysis unit.[2] He gained a Master of Science degree after completing a year of research in San Francisco.[2] There, in 1970 with Frank Hinman and in collaboration with the Donner Laboratory, University of California, he completed early studies of the bladder epithelium with a scanning electron microscope, comparing its appearance to the moon's surface.[4][5] They photographed the surface of the bladder and urethra at a magnification of 30,000 times, and found it to be far from regular.[4][6] They noted that the irregularity became exacerbated by infection, hindering washout.[4] They found that the irregularities resolved with urethral and bladder distension.[4][6]
Lloyd-Davies later became head of clinical urology at St Thomas' and was on the list of honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital.[7]
Lloyd-Davies co-authored A Colour Atlas of Urology, first published in 1983.[8] It contains images including those of pathological specimens, photographs of the bladder at endoscopy and diagrams that explain diagnostic procedures.[9] 70 images relate to lesions of the penis and scrotum.[9]
Personal life and death
From his first marriage to Elizabeth he had two daughters; Vanessa Lloyd-Davies, a Major in the RAMC, and Fiona, a documentary film maker.[2]
Lloyd-Davies died from metastatic pancreatic cancer on 25 March 2023, at the age of 88.[2][1]
