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Charles Raymond Greene (17 April 1901 – 6 December 1982) was a British doctor and an accomplished
mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
.
Biography
Greene was born in
Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted ( ) is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in the Bulbourne valley, north-west of London. The town is a civil parish with a town council within the borough of Dacorum which is based in the neighbouring large new town ...
.
"Charles Raymond Greene (1901–1982)"
embryo.asu.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2022. He was the older brother of the novelist Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...
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executive
Sir Hugh Greene
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (15 November 1910 – 19 February 1987) was a British television executive and journalist. He was director-general of the BBC from 1960 to 1969.
After working for newspapers in the 1930s, Greene spent most of his later ...
. He was educated at Berkhamsted School he took a degree in physiology at Pembroke College Oxford. He qualified as a doctor in 1927 and joined a general practice in Oxford.
He developed his interest in mountaineering whilst at school, restarted the Oxford University mountaineering club and climbed extensively in the Alps. In 1931 he joined an expedition to mount Kamet in the Himalayas led by Frank Smythe. All the climbers reached the summit at over 25,000 feet, then the highest mountain to have been climbed.
He joined the
1933 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge as senior doctor, chief intellect, and a competent
mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
of gigantic physique, being over 6ft 4in. He was selected to attempt the summit, without oxygen, but suffered heart problems at Camp 5 and had to descend.
(in 1953 when the mountain was finally climbed, it was Greene who made the announcement on the BBC). During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
he worked as a doctor with
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its pu ...
(SOE) and as advisor to the armed forces on the effects of high altitude and cold on the human body.
He went on to become an expert in the treatment of
thyroid
The thyroid, or thyroid gland, is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans it is in the neck and consists of two connected lobes. The lower two thirds of the lobes are connected by a thin band of tissue called the thyroid isthmus. The thy ...
and other
endocrine disease
Endocrine diseases are disorders of the endocrine system. The branch of medicine associated with endocrine disorders is known as endocrinology.
Types of disease
Broadly speaking, endocrine disorders may be subdivided into three groups:
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s,
migraine
Migraine (, ) is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headaches. Typically, the associated headache affects one side of the head, is pulsating in nature, may be moderate to severe in intensity, and could last from a few hou ...
, and
frostbite
Frostbite is a skin injury that occurs when exposed to extreme low temperatures, causing the freezing of the skin or other tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin areas. Most often, frostbite occurs in the han ...
. He was credited with coining the term "
Premenstrual syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to emotional and physical symptoms that regularly occur in the one to two weeks before the start of each menstrual period. Symptoms resolve around the time menstrual bleeding begins. Different women experienc ...
" and his research into the subject was apparently used in a criminal case by counsel defending a woman accused of murdering her husband. He was Senior Physician at the Royal Northern Hospital and New End Hospital Hampstead. Between 1960 and 1980 he was chairman of
Heinemann Heinemann may refer to:
* Heinemann (surname)
* Heinemann (publisher), a publishing company
* Heinemann Park, a.k.a. Pelican Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
See also
* Heineman
* Jamie Hyneman
James Franklin Hyneman (born Se ...
Medical Books. He was a fellow of the Royal Zoological Society and diagnosed and treated thyroid problems in
Guy the gorilla
Guy the Gorilla (1946–1978) was a western lowland gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'') who was London Zoo's most famous resident and often profiled on children's TV shows and natural history productions. The exact day of Guy's birth was unkn ...
at the London Zoo. He was also medical advisor to President
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
during his State Visit to England in 1960 and was awarded the Legion of Honour of France. His autobiography, ''Moments of Being'', was published in 1974.
Selected publications
*''The Practice of Endocrinology'' (1951)
*''Human Hormones'' (1970)
''Sick Doctors''(1971)
''Moments of Being: The Random Recollections of Raymond Greene''(1974)
*''Current Concepts in Migraine Research'' (1978)
References
Further reading
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1901 births
1982 deaths
20th-century British medical doctors
High-altitude medicine physicians
People from Berkhamsted