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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Gilbert Troup was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1896. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and then studied accountancy. After a spell in Ceylon learning the art of tea planting, he eventually decided to enter the medical profession and graduated MB BS from Melbourne University in 1922. After serving as a RMO at the Royal Perth Hospital, he commenced private practice in Subiaco. General medicine was his interest and he was soon appointed a junior honorary physician. In 1930 he gained his MRCP. Whilst a respected physician he was also interested in anaesthetics. His commitment to the Royal Perth Hospital and anaesthetics took most of his time. In Great Britain he came under the influence of Ivan Magill who was recognised as a master of anaesthetics and was the first person to introduce his methods to Australia. At the Mayo Clinic he studied the methods of JS Lundy, then director of anaesthesia, and recognising the importance of cyclopropane, introduced this closed method to Australia. He was appointed vice-president of the section of pharmacology, therapeutics and anaesthesia, BMA in 1935. Three years later he was elected FRACP and President of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists as a foundation member. In 1950 he was elected FFARCS becoming a foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons becoming a member of the board of examiners. He was honorary director of anaesthesia at the Royal Perth Hospital; honorary consultant anaesthetist at the Childrens Hospital, the Repatriation General Hospital and the tuberculosis branch of the Public Health Department. At this time he still held the appointment of honorary inpatient physician to the Royal Perth Hospital. During the 1939-45 war he served as DADMS Western Command 1940-41, and then 1941-43 as officer commanding the medical division of the 2/12 Australian General Hospital in Ceylon with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Beyond his family, social activities held little attraction and he always shunned publicity. Although rheumatoid arthritis limited his activities, he acted as anaesthetist to the first thoracic surgical team to visit Papua and New Guinea in 1956. On retirement Dr Troup was appointed Emeritus Consultant Anaesthetist. Gilbert Reynolds Troup died in August 1962. Reproduced with permission of RACP. |
