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Francis James Browne (1879-1963) was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and first director of the obstetric unit at University College Hospital, London, which was opened in 1926. He was known as ‘FJ’.

During the First World War he served as an officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.^[1]

FJ was admitted to the Fellowship of the Edinburgh Obstetric Society in 1919, and became a regular attender and presenter of papers at the Society’s meetings, later becoming editor of the Transactions. FJ was invited to join the Medical Research Council in 1921 and investigated, in collaboration with Dr WR Logan, the causes of abortion and intra-uterine death. He wrote on intranatal infection and pre-eclampsia and investigated the fetal age, length and weight of over 600 fetuses delivered at various stages of pregnancy.^[2]

A new Obstetric Hospital was built in London, the foundation stone being laid by King George V in 1923, and was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1926. FJ was appointed Professor at the University of London and the first full-time director of the newly established Obstetric Unit, and held the post until his retirement in 1946.^[3]

FJ established a modern labour ward service, with one senior sister in charge and improved antiseptic and aseptic techniques. He instituted antenatal and postnatal clinics and recruited many (later distinguished) assistants, including Leslie Williams, Harold Malkin, Chassar Moir, Robert Kellar, Vivian Barnes, Max Rosenheim, Josephine Barnes and Aileen Dickens.^[4]

He re-organised the teaching of medical students, and residential accommodation was provided. Systematic teaching of obstetric and gynaecological dressers was introduced. Standards of the district obstetric service were greatly improved, an important service in the days when most deliveries were still domiciliary.

FJ was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the Gynaecological Visiting Society (GVS), elected in 1927. He became a Founding Fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1929). He was President of the (RSM) Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the 1945/6 session.^[5]

In 1947 FJ was invited to give the ﬁrst William Meredith Fletcher Shaw Memorial Lecture. His subject was hypertension in pregnancy, summarising his life’s work.^[6]

Publications

Antenatal and Postnatal Care (9th edition). F J Browne & J C McC Browne. London: Churchill, 1960.

References

1. ^Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. (2014) [https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/library-services/heritage/rcog_roll_of_fm_on_active_service_1914-1918.pdf RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918.] London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 2. [https://www.webcitation.org/6xSAMIGxE Archived here.]
2. ^{{Cite book|title=Francis J Browne (1879-1963): A Biography|last=Reiss|first=Herbert E|publisher=Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=23}}
3. ^{{Cite journal|last=Reiss|first=Herbert E|date=September 2004|title=Francis James Browne, 1879-1963: a great obstetrician and a great teacher|url=|journal=J Obstet Gynaecol|volume=24(6)|pages=696–9|via=}}
4. ^{{Cite book|title=Francis J Browne (1879-1963): A Biography|last=Reiss|first=Herbert E|publisher=Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=32–33}}
5. ^{{Cite book|title=Francis J Browne (1879-1963): A Biography.|last=Reiss|first=Herbert E|publisher=|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=50–51}}
6. ^{{Cite book|title=Francis J Browne (1879-1963): A Biography|last=Reiss|first=Herbert E|publisher=|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=53}}