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James Houston was Dean of Guy’s Hospital Medical School. He was a physician, leading university administrator and medical author. He trained at Guys and in 1941 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was posted to India from 1942 to 1945.
He was assistant physician to Guy's Hospital from 1953. Two years later he became sub-dean of the medical school, and in 1965 Dean of the Medical and Dental Schools, a position he held for 17 years. He oversaw the merger with St Thomas's and became the first Dean of the joint medical schools of Guy's and St Thomas's from 1982 to 1984.
He co-authored the highly successful A short textbook of medicine (London, English Universities Press), popular with medical students, having eight editions between 1962 and 1985, and referred to as the 'little green bible'.
Guy's Campus, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation
London
Title
James Cadwell Houston (1917–2013)
Date
1984
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 73.5 x W 48 cm
Accession number
GTC2010.171
Work type
Painting
Signature/marks description
Signed and dated bottom right: George J D Bruce 1984
Guy's Campus, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation
Great Maze Pond, London, Greater London SE1 9RT England
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