Arthur John Jex-BlakeFRCP (31 July 1873 – 16 August 1957) was a British physician, specializing in heart and lung diseases.[1]
Biography
After education at
Eton, Arthur John Jex-Blake matriculated at
Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1894, MA in 1901,
BM and BCh in 1901, and DM in 1913. He entered as a University scholar at
St George's Hospital Medical School, where he received his medical education. In 1902 the University of Oxford awarded him a Radcliffe travelling fellowship, enabling him to visit Vienna, Copenhagen, and Baltimore. He was appointed to the staff of the
Victoria Hospital for Children and then became an assistant physician to
St George's Hospital and to the
Royal Brompton Hospital. He qualified MRCP in 1905 and was elected FRCP in 1912. In 1913 he delivered the
Goulstonian Lectures.[1]
During WWI he served as a major in the
Royal Army Medical Corps in France and upon his return was appointed a full physician at St George's Hospital. In 1920 he married, resigned all of his London appointments, and moved with his bride to Kenya, where he lived until his death in 1957.[1]
They owned a coffee plantation named Kyuna where they created a private botanical garden and co-founded the Kenya Horticultural Society (1923). Lady Muriel published on the flora of Kenya including a popular book illustrated by
Joy Adamson.[5]
The couple met in Boulogne in WWI when he was a doctor and she was a volunteer nurse. The Jex-Blakes had one daughter, Daphne Marian Jex-Blake (1923–1970); she married Richard Mason.[6]
with W. James Wilson: Jex-Blake, A. J.; Wilson, W. J. (21 September 1918).
"Notes on three fatal cases of B. aertrycke infection". Br Med J. 2 (3012): 310–312.
doi:
10.1136/bmj.2.3012.310.
PMC2341846.
PMID20769188. In this paper the case of infection in patient D.H. with B. aertrycke would in current medical terminology be called
typhoid fever due to infection by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi; the case of infection in patient J.A.M. would be called
paratyphoid fever due to infection by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B. The name of the bacterial species was changed. In 1928 medical experts were not entirely sure that B. aertrycke consisted of Salmonella.[7]