Will Pickles
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Dr William Pickles LSA MBBS |
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| Born | 6 March 1885 |
| Died | 2 March 1969 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Leeds Grammar School Leeds Medical School Worshipful Society of Apothecaries |
| Occupation | General Practitioner |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | RCGP |
Leeds Grammar School Leeds Medical School
William Norman Pickles (6 March 1885 – 2 March 1969) was a British general practitioner and the first president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1953. His publication of Epidemiology in a Country Practice in 1939 gave him the reputation as one of the world's leading epidemiologists.
Pickles was one of six sons of John Jagger Pickles, a general practitioner, and Lucy Pickles. All six children went into medicine. He attended Leeds Grammar School and then Leeds Medical School (Yorkshire College) in 1902. In his third year, he proceeded with his clinical studies at the Leeds General Infirmary, qualifying as a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) in 1909. He served as resident obstetric officer at the Infirmary, followed by a series of temporary jobs and locums. He graduated MB BS London in 1910 and MD in 1918.
Pickles began working in Leeds, but in 1912 he visited Aysgarth as a locum for Dr. Edward Hime. Later that year he served as a ship's doctor on voyage to Calcutta, and on his return to England, resumed working for Dr. Hime as a second assistant in either 1912 or 1913.
In 1913, Dr. Hime left Wensleydale and sold the practice to Pickles and Dr. Dean Dunbar for £3000. Dunbar, from the Aysgarth, Wensleydale, surgery assumed the position of Medical Officer for Health at the workhouse and was also on the Board of Guardians of the workhouse at Bainbridge. Pickles was the second assistant to Dunbar. At the time, the practise in Aysgarth served eight villages and a population of 4,267.
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