Person
Troup, Gilbert Reynolds (1896 - 1962)
- Born
- 4 February 1896
Christchurch, New Zealand - Died
- 14 August 1962
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Anaesthetist
Summary
Gilbert Troup was a pioneer of modern anaesthesia in Australia and came to specialist in thoracic anaesthesia. For 40 years he was associated with the (Royal) Perth Hospital, as well as holding senior positions at other Perth hospitals including the Repatriation General Hospital. He made several study trips to the United Kingdom and the U.S.A. in the 1920s and 1930s, as a result of which he introduced to Australia techniques and equipment such as cyclopropane, the Magill tube and the Foregger Midget portable anaesthesia machine. Troup was an early proponent of endotracheal intubation and the use of curare. He was a key contributor to anaesthetic literature in the inter-war period. In 1934 he was a leading figure in establishment of Australian Society of Anaesthetists and served as President from 1939 to 1946.
Details
Chronology
- 1922
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1923 - 1924
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Perth Hospital
- 1925 - 1929
- Career position - Junior Honorary Physician, Perth Hospital
- 1925 - 1929
- Career position - In general practice, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
- 1930
- Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1934 -
- Career position - Founding Member, Australian Society of Anaesthetists
- 1938 - 1962
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians
- 1939 - 1946
- Career position - President, Australian Society of Anaesthetists
- 1940 - 1944
- Career position - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps (Militia)
- 1944 -
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Royal Perth Hospital
- 1944?
- Career position - Senior Anaesthetist, Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood, Western Australia
- 1949
- Career position - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons
- 1953 -
- Career position - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Book Sections
- McIlwraith, John, 'Troup, Gilbert Reynolds (1896 - 1962), anaesthetist' in Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980, Christopher Cunneen, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), p. 387. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/troup-gilbert-reynolds-13225. Details
Journal Articles
- Ball, Christine M., 'The Foregger Midget: a machine that traveled', Anesthesiology, 119 (5) (2013), 1023-30. Details
- Clark, F. J., 'Gilbert Reynolds Troup', Medical Journal of Australia, 1963 (1) (1963), 485-7. Details
- Cohen, H., 'Gilbert Reynolds Troup', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1 (4) (1973), 323-4. Details
- Haridas, R. P.; and Nichols, T. T., 'Arthur Guedel's laryngeal plug', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 41 (4 supp.) (2013), 16-18. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538362. Details
- 'Troup, Gilbert Reynolds (18960204-19620814)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467434. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 December 2017, Last modified: 3 July 2018