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On his return to England, Green-Armytage practised as a consulting gynaecologist and held appointments with the West London, British Postgraduate, Italian, and Tropical Diseases Hospitals. He was an advocate of the vaginal hysterectomyvaginal hysterectomy which he had mastered in India. He was vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 1949 to 1952 for whom he endowed a travel fellowship and lecture.

He was a member of the Oriental ClubOriental Club and the East India ClubEast India Club. His hobbies included the classics and the history of medicine.

Death and legacy

Vivian Green-Armytage died in Chelsea, London, on 11 April 1961. The ribbon bar for his medals is in the collection of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Green-Armytage was commissioned lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (IMS) in 1907 and promoted to captain in 1910. Also in 1910 he won the Montefiore Surgical Medal at the Royal Army Medical CollegeRoyal Army Medical College. He was the resident medical officer and surgeon at the Eden HospitalEden Hospital and the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta from 1911 to 1922.

First World War

His work in India was interrupted by the First World War in which he served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was mentioned three times in despatches and also received the Mons Star, the Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, and the Order of the White Eagle of Serbia with Crossed Swords, in 1917.

Professor in India

After his return from war service, Green-Armytage was promoted to major in the IMS in 1919, and finally to lieutenant colonel in 1927 before retiring in 1933.

He was professor of gynaecology and obstetrics at the Eden Hospital from 1922 to 1933.

Before leaving India, Green-Armytage received a volume of his addresses that was prepared and published by the medical women of India as a symbol of their appreciation for his service.

In 1927, he married Mary Vera Moir-Byres née Gibson in Rangoon.

Later life

On his return to England, Green-Armytage practised as a consulting gynaecologist and held appointments with the West London, British Postgraduate, Italian, and Tropical Diseases Hospitals. He was an advocate of the vaginal hysterectomy which he had mastered in India. He was vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 1949 to 1952 for whom he endowed a travel fellowship and lecture.

He invented the Green Armytage forceps which are used to control excessive bleeding after a caesarean section.

In 1958, he was appointed Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.

He was a member of the Oriental Club and the East India Club. His hobbies included the classics and the history of medicine.

Early life

Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage in rugby clothing

Vivian Green-Armytage was born at Clifton, England, on 14 August 1882 to Alfred Green-Armytage, a solicitor, and Amy Julia (Bartley) Armytage. He was educated at Clifton College and then at the University of Bristol and Bristol Royal Infirmary followed by post-graduate study in Paris.

In 1901–1902, he was a member of Clifton Rugby Football Club.

Indian Medical Service

Green-Armytage was commissioned lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (IMS) in 1907 and promoted to captain in 1910. Also in 1910 he won the Montefiore Surgical Medal at the Royal Army Medical College. He was the resident medical officer and surgeon at the Eden Hospital and the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta from 1911 to 1922.

He co-authored the fifth edition of Birch's Management and Medical Treatment of Children in India with Charles Robert Mortimer Green which was published by Thacker Spink & Co., in Calcutta in 1913. The book was originally published by Henry Goodeve as Hints for the General Management of Children in India in the absence of Professional Advice (1844).

Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage FRCP, FRCS, FRCOG, (14 August 1882 – 11 April 1961) was a British gynaecologist. He was noted for his progressive views, his service to Indian gynaecology and obstetrics, and his distinguished service in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.

Charles Robert Mortimer Green (21 May 1863–10 April 1950) was a surgeon in the Indian Medical Service. He wrote a book on the Management of Children in India (1913).

Writing

As surgeon to the Bengal Medical Service, Goodeve was the author of Hints for the General Management of Children in India in the Absence of Professional Advice (1844) which saw four editions before being taken over for the fifth edition by S.C.G. Chuckerbutty and the sixth by Joseph Ewart. It was renamed Birch's Management and Medical Treatment of Children in India under the authorship of Edward Alfred Birch of the IMS for the seventh edition. A fifth edition of Burch was published under the joint authorship of C.R.M. Green and Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage.

Later life and death

On his return from the Crimean War, Goodeve retired to a house he had designed for himself in Bristol. He became a magistrate, visited county lunatic asylums, reformatories, and industrial schools and joined the Bristol Regiment of Rifle Volunteers as a captain in 1859. In addition, he was appointed director of the Avonmouth Docks and Port and Pier Railway. After 1870, he became president of the Bristol and Clifton Society in Aid of Boarding Out Union Orphans and Deserted Children.

Goodeve and his wife Isabel never had biological children together, but after Henry's retirement they took in and raised a number of boys and several other children. The 1871 census lists a 12 year old Amy Bell as his great-niece living at Cook's Folly.

Henry Goodeve died on 29 September 1884. On 6 May 1891 the joint secretaries to the Goodeve memorial committee put forward Rs.500 for an annual silver medal named the "Goodeve Medal", to be awarded to the student who attains the highest grade in the final M.B. examination

Early life and family

Henry Goodeve was born in 1807, in Bury Hall, Alverstoke near Gosport in Hampshire. His father, John Goodeve, was a banker from a Norfolk family, who had married three times. His mother was Elizabeth Hurry.

He married Isabella Barlow.

Medical career

Goodeve studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and in 1829, graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh, following which he lectured in anatomy at Clifton, where his brother, Edward Goodeve taught. He also edited the Athenaeum with his cousin Frederick Denison Maurice.

He joined the Bengal Medical Service in 1831 and was initially posted to Rampur, where he remained for four years. During this time, he took part in the suppression of the Kol rebellion in 1832.[2] In addition, his face became permanently paralysed when his facial nerve was injured following a bullet wound during a tiger hunt.

Following the establishment of the Calcutta Medical College in 1835, he was appointed the first professor of midwifery and anatomy there. He was an active reformer at the college, and created a substantial obstetric practice. His acquaintances included William Brooke O'Shaughnessy and Sir Ronald Martin.

In 1845, ill health resulted in medical retirement and a return to Britain. Using his retirement grant, and with the aim to extend English education to high-caste and other Hindus, he initiated a project for the medical supervision of four Brahmin students at University College London, bringing them to London. Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty was his favourite student. Chuckerbutty added "Goodeve" to his own name, placing it before his surname. The other three students were Dwarkanath Bose, Bholanath Das Bose and Gopal Chandra Seal. Funding came from a combination of Goodeve's contributions, the East India Company and Dwarkanath Tagore.

Following the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1853, Goodeve volunteered for duty and was appointed inspector of civil hospitals at Renkioi. Here, he worked alongside Sir Spencer Wells.

Henry Hurry Iles Goodeve FRCS FRCP (1807 – 29 September 1884) was a British physician, surgeon, anatomy lecturer and member of the Bengal Medical Service. He became professor of anatomy and obstetrics at Calcutta Medical College and was later involved in the training of several Indian medical students on his return to the UK.

Personal life & legacy

Bell never married, nor had children. After her retirement she became part of London's women's suffrage social scene, and would often stay in the homes of activist friends in between periods of travel. Gordon Holmes – who was also described as the "first" or "only" woman stockbroker in the UK during her lifetime by both peers and the media – began her career in London around the same time that Bell retired, and both women were supporters of women's suffrage, with social circles that likely overlapped. However, Holmes makes no mention of Bell in her autobiography, professionally or politically, and it is unknown whether they ever met, or were even aware of each other's existence.

“I want,” she says, “to make women understand their money matters and take a pleasure in dealing with them. After all, is money such a sordid consideration? May it not make all the difference to a hard-working woman when she reaches middle life whether she has or has not those few hundreds? As a whole I find women are delightful clients, sensible, punctual, and courteous; but, of course, there are exceptions; some are at once both cautious and reckless. ... Many women are quite astonished when I explain business details to them, and ask 'But is that really all?' So many women, you see, are not allowed to have the command of their capital. But in this, as in other ways, I rejoice to see that women are daily becoming more independent.”