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Norman Rupert Barrett
British surgeon, Born 1903, Adelaide, South Australia; died 1979.
Associated eponyms:
Barrett's epithelium
Columnar oesophageal epithelium.
Barrett's hiatus hernia
Phenomenon in brachyoesophagus.
Barrett's oesophagus
A rare disorder of unknown aetiology characterized by lining of the oesophagus, columnar oesophageal epithelium in association with peptic ulcer.
Barrett's syndrome
A combination of hernia hiatus oesophagi, metaplasia of epithelial cells, ulcus oesophagi and strictura oesophagi.
Biography:
Norman Rupert Barrett was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated from St. Thomas’ Hospital in 1928. He became surgeon at St. Thomas’ and Brompton Hospitals, president of Thoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland 1962 and was editor of Thorax 1946-1971.
Bibliography:
- The Contribution of Australians to Medical Knowledge.
Medical History, London, October 1967, 11 (4): 321-333.
- King Henry the Eighth.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, April 1973, 52 (4): 216-233.
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