Holmes, W. Gordon

[771] Holmes, W. Gordon, Laryngolog in London, geb. in Dublin 1845, Dr. med. 1882 in Brüssel, L. R. C. P. Edinb. 1871, wurde 1875 Chief assistant des verstorb. Sir Morell Mackenzie, dessen Mitarbeiter er an seinem grossten Werk »Diseases of the Throat and Nose« (1880) war. H. ist Fellow d. Brit. Laryng. and Rhinol. Assoc., Mitgl. d. Laryngol Soc. in London, Arzt an der Municipal Throat und Ear Infirmary, Hon. Consult. Phys. am Sheffield Ear und Throat Hosp. und veröffentlichte noch: »Annual reports of the hospital for diseases of the throat for 1876 and 1877« – »A treatise on vocal physiology and[771] hygiene, with special reference to the cultivation and preservation of the voice« (2nd edit. 1880) – »A guide to the use of the laryngoscope in general practice« (1881) – »History of the progress of laryngology from the earliest times to the present« (1884) – »The hygiene of the throat and ear« (1885 Contrib.) – »Syphilis of the larynx reviewed in connection with recent clinical and pathological investigations« (Med. Press Circ. 1883) – »Chronic catarrhal laryngitis; its varieties, with their etiology, pathology, and clinical relations« (Lancet, 1884) – »Sporadic goitre; its varieties and the results of modern treatment« (Ib. 1895); und verschiedene andere Journal-Beiträge über Gegenstände aus seinem Spezialgebiet.