Christopher Heath (surgeon)

Christopher Heath FRCS (13 March 1835 – 8 August 1905) was an English anatomist and general surgeon[1][2] Born in London on 13 March 1835, he was the son of Christopher Heath, minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by Eliza Barclay his wife.

Here he gained the Leathes and Warneford prizes for proficiency in medical subjects and divinity, and was admitted an associate in 1855.

[3] From 11 March to 25 September 1855 Heath served as hospital dresser on board HMS Imperieuse, during the Crimean War.

He resigned his hospital appointments in 1900, when he was elected consulting surgeon and emeritus professor of clinical surgery.

[3] At the Royal College of Surgeons Heath was awarded the Jacksonian prize in 1867 for his essay upon the Injuries and Diseases of the Jaws, including those of the Antrum, with the treatment by operation or otherwise.

[3][4] A marble bas-relief portrait by Hope Pinker commemorated Heath in the hall of the medical school buildings of University College Hospital.