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Frederick Eustace Batten (29 September 1865 – 27 July 1918) was an English
Frederick Eustace Batten (www.whonamedit.com)
1865 births 1918 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital 20th-century English medical doctors Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{England-med-bio-stub
Frederick Eustace Batten (29 September 1865 – 27 July 1918) was an English neurologist
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal c ...
and pediatrician who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology".
Biography
Frederick Batten was born on 29 September 1865 in Plymouth. He attendedWestminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...
, and graduated in medicine in 1891 from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London. He worked as a pathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and as a physician at the National Hospital. He obtained his doctorate in 1895, became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...
in 1901, and was elected dean in 1908. Batten disease was named after him after he first described it in 1903.
Batten died from infection after a routine prostatectomy
Prostatectomy (from the Greek , "prostate" and , "excision") as a medical term refers to the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland. This operation is done for benign conditions that cause urinary retention, as well as for pros ...
.
Eponym
* Batten diseaseFurther reading
*References
External links
Frederick Eustace Batten (www.whonamedit.com)
1865 births 1918 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital 20th-century English medical doctors Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{England-med-bio-stub