Medical Pioneer: Publications and Accomplishments

William James Deadman – Forensic Pathologist, Medical Pioneer

Chapter Fourteen

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
the proper study of mankind is man.”

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Publications and Presentations 1920-1965

Reprints, Articles. 1920-1935

  1. Deadman WJ; Unexpected Autopsy Findings in Unexpected Deaths. Amer. J. Clinical Pathology, 1:2 pp127-134 March 1931. (read before American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Detroit Publications and Mich. June 1930.)
  2. Deadman WJ, Graham AM; The Value of Basal Metabolic Rate Estimations to the General Practitioner. Western Jour. Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oct. 1932. (read before the annual meeting of the American Association for the study of goitre at Hamilton, 32/06/14.)
  3. Deadman WJ; Findings of special clinical interest revealed at Post-Mortem Examinations. Can. Med. Assn. J.,28, 401-404, 1933. (read at the 63rd annual meeting, CMA, Sect. Pathology, Toronto, 32/06/23.)
  4. Deadman WJ, Elliott FJ; The Laboratory History of Diphtheria in Hamilton. Can. Public Health J., March 1933. (read at the 21st annual meeting of the Canadian Public Health Association, Toronto.)
  5. Deadman WJ, Elliott FJ; Clean Bottles, A factor in Clean Milk – A Preliminary Report. Can. Public Health Jour. Jan. 1934. (Presented at the Christmas meeting of the Laboratory Section, Canadian Public Health Association, Toronto, Dec. 1933.)
  6. Deadman WJ; Cancer – The Pathological Aspect. Can. Med. Assn. J.,32, 238-244, 1935. (Presented as part of a Cancer Symposium at the C.M.A. Ann. Meeting, Calgary Alta. June 1934.)

Reprints, Articles. 1936-1946

  1. Deadman WJ, Ansley HA; Preparation of a series of Brain Tumours. Jour. Technical Methods and Bull. International Association of Medical Museums, 15, 36-38, 1936. (Presented at the International Association of Medical Museums, New York, N.Y., April 1935.)
  2. Deadman WJ, Elliott, FJ, Smith, H; The Examination of Cerebro-Spinal Fluids by Colloidal Carbon. Amer. J. Clinical Pathology, 7:3 May 1937. (read before the 15th Annual Convention, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Kansas City Missouri, 36/05/8-10.)
  3. Deadman WJ; Fatal Air Embolism—Case Reports. Can. Med. Assn. J.,37, 157-160, 1937. (read before the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, 36/11/23. Also at Ontario Medical Assn. meeting, London, Ont. 36/05/29.)
  4. Deadman WJ, McGregor JK; The Correlation of the Pathological and the Surgical. Can. Med. Assn. J.,37, 1937. (Presented at the O.M.A Ann. Mtg. Toronto, May 1934.)
  5. Roberts J, Deadman WJ, Elliott, F; “An Outbreak of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning.” Can. Public Health J., July 1938.
  6. Deadman WJ; The Bacteriological Aspect of Streptococcic Sore Throat. Can. Med. Assn. J.,40, 113-115, 1939. (read as part of a Symposium at the annual meeting, CMA, Halifax, 38/06/24.)
  7. Shaw RE, Deadman WJ; The Clinical Value of Autopsies. Can. Med. Assn. J.,42 168-171, 1940. (as The Clinical Value of Post Mortem Examinations, read at the annual meeting, Ontario Medical Assn. Hamilton, 39/06/02.)
  8. Deadman WJ, Wilson DC: Report of an outbreak of Trichinosis. Can. Public Health Jour. Oct. 1941. (Presented at the 27th Annual meeting of the Ontario Health Officers Association, Toronto, 41/05/22-23.
  9. Deadman WJ: Scientific Aids to Diagnosis of Disease. Proceedings, Royal Canadian Institute 1941. (Illustrated lecture to the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto, March 1941)
  10. Deadman WJ: The Rôle of the Pathologist. Can. Med. Assn. J.,46, 365-370, 1942. (Presidential Address at the 4th annual convention of the Ontario Association of Pathologists.)
  11. Deadman WJ; Criminal Abortion. Submitted for publication to Can. Med. Assn. J., 1942. (Presented at the Ontario Association of Pathologists, London Ontario, October 1942.)
  12. Deadman WJ: Men, Motors and Alcohol. Can Jour. Med Technology, 6:2 June 1944.
  13. Wilson DC; Recent Advances in the Study of Virus Diseases. Can Jour. Med Technology, 6:4 December 1944.
  14. Deadman WJ; Sudden Death. Can. Med. Assn. J.,56, 273-277, 1947. (read at the 77th annual meeting, CMA, Sect. Medicine, Banff, 46/06/12.)

Reprints, Articles. 1956-1965

  1. Deadman, WJ; Lieutenant Colonel William J. Deadman, B.A., M.B., V.D. Coordinator O.M.A Rh Program. Ont. Med. Review, Sept. 1956
  2. Deadman, WJ: “Unexpected Deaths in Infants.” Ont. Med. Review, 26:9 Sept. 1959.
  3. Deadman, WJ: “What about your R.H. Factor?” Health, October 1960.
  4. Deadman, WJ: “Ontario’s Regional Forensic Pathologists” Ont. Med. Review, Sept. 1962
  5. Deadman, WJ: The Ontario Medico-Legal System. Can. Med. Assn. J., 89, 214-216, 1963.
  6. Deadman, WJ: “Infanticide” Can. Med. Assn. J., 91, 558-560, 1964.
  7. Deadman, WJ: The Identification of Human Remains. Can. Med. Assn. J. 91:Oct. 19, 1964 pp. 808-811.

Published Reprints, Miscellaneous.

  1. Article: “Lieutenant Colonel William J. Deadman, B.A., M.B., V.D. Co-ordinator O.M.A. Rh Programme” Ont. Med. Review, Sept. 1956
  2. Unexpected Autopsy Findings in Unexpected Deaths. WJD. (typed text, 7 pp.) 1930.
  3. The Co-relation of the Pathological and Surgical. JK McGregor, WJD; Read at Ontario Medical Association, annual meeting, 34/05/30.
  4. Adrenal Tumour with Case Report and Autopsy. WJD. 1932
  5. The Laboratory History of Diphtheria in Hamilton for the Past Twelve Years. WJD, FJ Elliott; 32/05/10.
  6. Findings of special Clinical interest revealed at Post-Mortem Examinations. WJD. (typed text, 9 pp.) 1932.

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Scientific reports, Presentations.

Scientific Reports, Presentations. 1920-1956

  1. The Laboratory History of Diphtheria in Hamilton for the past 12 years. WJD. 1932/05/10.
  2. Congenital Adrenal Neuroblastoma of Diphtheria in Hamilton for the past 12 years. WJD. 1932/05/10.
  3. Tumours of the Adrenal Gland, with case report and Autopsy Findings. WJD, RF Hughes (clinical case report, Ham. General Hospital, 1935/07.
  4. Tumours of Adrenal Medulla, with case reports. WJD, Read at Ont. Medical Assn. Convention, 1933/06/01.
  5. Report of a Case of Lindau’s Disease. WJD. 1933.
  6. Congenital Adrenal Neuroblastoma. WJD, RF Hughes, 1933/03/28.
  7. Food Poisoning. WJD, (typed, 3 pp. undated)
  8. Pneumonia – The Killer. WJD, (typed, 3 pp. Undated.
  9. The Pathological Aspect of Cancer. WJD, (presented at the annual meeting Canadian Medical Association, Calgary, 34/06/21.
  10. The Relation of the Degree of the Histological Malignancy to the Prognosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix. (typed, bound, Jul – 1935)
  11. Findings of Special Clinical Interest. WJD, (typed, 7pp. Undated)
  12. Pathology and Immunology of Staphylococcus Septicaemia. WJD, (“Property of City Laboratories Oct – 1935 Hamilton General Hospital”)
  13. The Pathology of the Encephalitis of Rubeola and Rubella. WJD, HA Ansley. Article Feb. 1936.
  14. Fatal Air Embolism—Case Reports. (read before Ontario Medical Assn. meeting, London, Ont. 36/05/29. Also at the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, 36/11/23.)
  15. Silicosis – with Case Report and Autopsy. WJD. (catalogued City Labora­tories, 20M-5. Mar.–37.)
  16. Neoplasms of the Renal Capsule. WJD, SF Penny, (read before Canadian Medical Assn. meeting, Ottawa, Ont. 1937/06/23.
  17. Streptococcic Sore Throat – The bacteriological aspect. (presented at the annual meeting Canadian Medical Association, Halifax, 38/06/24. Deadman WJ; The Bacteriological Aspect of Streptococcic Sore Throat. Can. Med. Assn. J.,40, 113-115, 1939.)
  18. The Dangers of impure Milk. WJD, (typed, 2 pp. marked “Spec. Dec. 1940”,)
  19. Safeguarding your Meat Supply. WJD, (typed, 5 pp. marked “Spec. Dec. 1940”,)
  20. A further Outbreak of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning. JE Davey, WJD, FJ Elliott, (undated but refers to case on 41/05/09)
  21. Trichiniasis – with Report of an outbreak. WJD & DC Wilson. Presented at Annual Meeting of the Ontario Health Officers Association, Toronto 41/05/23.
  22. Sudden Death. Typed text, (undated, with references)
  23. The Ideal Record Librarian. (reprint unascribed, undated)
  24. Wound Infections – Ivy Poisoning. WJD, (presented at Annual Dinner Meeting of Electrical Employees Association, Toronto, 1943/02/08. (typed paper, bound. 6pp.)
  25. The Menace of Venereal Disease. Typed text. (a broadcast on radio station CKOC. 46/02/18)
  26. Medical Science and Crime Detection. WJD. (typed, undated, 8pp. could be a lecture or paper.)
  27. Pathological Effects of Radiation. WJD, (typed with notes, undated, 8pp. could be a lecture or paper.)
  28. Twenty-Five Years of progress in the Clinical Laboratory.Typed text (undated, probably 1945-56)
  29. City Laboratories of Pathology and Public Health serving as Department of Laboratories, Hamilton Health Department and Department of Pathology, Hamilton General Hospitals – A Brief Sketch.

Scientific Reports, Presentations. 1956-1965

  1. Report: The Rh Program in Ontario. Conjoint Programme on Diagnosis and Management of Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn. Sponsored by OMA, Can. Junior Red Cross, Ontario Dept. of Health. 57/10/11.
  2. The Medicolegal System of Ontario, Canada. WJD, Attorney General’s Laboratory. (undated, probably 1961)
  3. The Regional Pathologist System (typed report signed by N Sharpe and WJD. Handwritten draft.)
  4. The Funeral Director and the Medico-legal Autopsy. (handwritten draft)
  5. Torso Identification: Handwritten draft. Undated. 7 pp. Refers to the Dick trial in 1946.
  6. Autopsy Protocol – O.P.A. 33-60 (a list of questions for the expert witness. The pathologist and the toxicologist.
  7. Death from Asphyxia, 64/09/01.

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Addresses, Professional – Miscellaneous.

  1. Address to Graduating Class. Notes. (undated).
  2. Cancer. Address delivered in Niagara Falls 39/03/30.
  3. The Role of the Pathologist. Presidential address to the Fourth Annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Pathologists, Hamilton, 41/09/19.
  4. The Role of the Pathologist in Crime Prevention. Address at the Meeting of the Harvard Associates on Police Science, at Toronto, 58/06 (one copy inscribed “To son John from dad”)
  5. What about your R.H. Factor? (typed text, 7 pp. with 2 drafts handwritten and lecture notes.)
  6. A Half Century of Forensic Pathology. Address to the Manitoba Medicolegal Society, Winnipeg, 63/04/02.
  7. Forensic Medicine as an aid to Criminal Investigation. Undated.
  8. Infanticide. Presentation to the Annual Meeting, Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences, Quebec P.Q. 63/09/07
  9. Unexpected Deaths in Infants. Paper, typed, undated. (with typed lecture notes.)
  10. The Coroner System of Ontario. (handwritten text, undated probably 1963 or ‘64)
  11. A New Deal for Ontario Coroners. (part typed, handwritten, with an earlier draft.)

Lecture Notes 1920-45

  1. Unexpected Autopsy Findings in Unexpected Deaths. Typed lecture notes, undated (see citation, 1931.)
  2. Phenacetin Poisoning. Typed lecture notes, undated (Case dated April 1932)
  3. Cancer – The Pathological Aspect. Typed lecture text, (undated but published in CMAJ in 1935.)
  4. The Modern Concept of Cancer. Typed lecture notes, (undated but most recent reference is 1936.)
  5. Air Embolism. Lecture notes. (see also paper read before Ontario Medical Assn. meeting, London, Ont. 36/05/29. Also at the Academy of Medicine, Toronto, 36/11/23.)
  6. Scientific aids to the Diagnosis of Disease in the Seventeenth Century. WJD, notes for lecture in Convocation Hall, Univ. Toronto, 1941/03/01.
  7. Pathological effects of Radiation. Typed lecture notes, (undated)
  8. Recent advances in Bacteriology. Typed lecture notes, (undated – mentions sulpha but not penicillin)
  9. Wound Infections. (typed headings and text. undated)
  10. Bacteriological Warfare. (rough handwritten headings, undated)
  11. Bacteriological Warfare. (rough handwritten notes, 7 lectures, undated)
  12. Serum Amylase. (handwritten note cards, undated)
  13. Pathological Lesions of Unexpected Death. (typed lecture notes, undated
  14. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. For University of Western Ontario. Faculty of Medicine, Session 1945-46. (Note: this was obviously given in several sessions over a number of years so they have been rewritten several times. The order of lectures has been changed and topics changed over the years.)
  15. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture I. Death. (notes, 3 pp typed)
  16. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture II. Wounds, Thermal and Electrical Lesions. (notes, 3 pp typed, with pencilled corrections for a later draft)
  17. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture III. Wounds – Ballistics – Blood stains. (notes, 2 pp typed)
  18. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture IV. Thermal and Electrical Lesions. (notes, 2 pp typed, overwritten on an earlier Lecture II.)
  19. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture V. Asphyxia – Hanging, Throttling, Drowning. (notes, 5 pp typed)
  20. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture VI. Sexual Offenses. (notes, 2 pp typed)
  21. Lectures o n Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture VII. Laboratory Investigations and their Significance. (notes, 3 pp typed. Several versions, some incomplete)
  22. Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence. Lecture VIII. The Inquest – The Courts – The Medical Witness. (notes, typed)

Lecture Notes 1946-56

  1. Pancreatic Apoplexy. WJD; GK Ingham; (case presentation – c. 1947. 2 copies)
  2. Infections. Typed text. McMaster University 48/12/06.
  3. Occupational Diseases and Infection. Typed lecture notes. (undated)
  4. Medico-Legal Investigations. Lectures to Hamilton Police Training School. 4 lectures, typed 50/03/30.
  5. Medico-Legal Investigations. Police Training School. Lecture I, Post Mortem Examinations. (headings, notes, typed.)
  6. The Medico-Legal Autopsy. (notes, undated)
  7. Medico-Legal Investigations. Lecture III. Laboratory Examinations, (Headings, Lecture notes edited from UWO lectures VII. Typed)
  8. Lecture notes edited from UWO lectures VII. Typed)
  9. Medico-Legal Investigations. Lecture IV. Care of Exhibits, (Headings, Lecture notes, typed)
  10. The Kinship of clinical and public health laboratory practice. Typed text, (undated, probably 1950s)
  11. Collagen Diseases. Handwritten rough notes. (undated, probably 1950s)
  12. The Effect of the passage of Electrical Current through Man. (notes about electrocution, 1 p. Undated)

Lecture Notes 1956-65

  1. Torso Identification: typed lecture notes, handwritten notes, 3 versions, undated.
  2. The Investigation of Criminal Abortion. (typed, undated.)
  3. The Hospital and the Law. (Précis of 3 lectures prepared for the University of Toronto, School of Hygiene, Dept. of Hospital Administration, for delivery in April, 1962.)
  4. The Hospital and the Law. (Rough notes, handwritten. Cards for lectures 2 and 3.)
  5. Lecture 2. Legal aspects. (typed, 2 pp.)
  6. Lecture 3. Negligence – Liabilities – Authorizations – Banks. (typed, 5 pp.)
  7. Splenomegaly. (rough handwritten notes – undated. 1p)
  8. Seventeenth Century Medicine. Typed outline and 2 pp. text (undated)
  9. Seventeenth Century Medicine. Typed outline and 2 pp. text (undated)
  10. Forensic Pathology. Lecture notes (undated, probably 1959-63)
  11. The Ontario Medico-legal System. Lecture notes (undated, probably 1959-63)
  12. Cancer Through the Ages. Handwritten lecture notes (undated, probably 1959-63)

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Public Affairs, Speeches, Articles (reprints)

Published Reprints, Speeches.

  1. A Medical Officer in Macedonia. University of Toronto Monthly, April 1931. (originally presented at Reunion of Veterans of 5th Field Ambulance, Walker House Hotel, Toronto, 1928/04/14.)
  2. Deadman, WJ: Canada… Today and Tomorrow. Hamilton Rotary Club, Printed booklet, undated (Address to the Hamilton Rotary Club. 40/07/04.)
  3. Deadman, WJ: Canadian Medicine – and the Spirit of 1914-1918. Can. Med. Assn. J. (submitted 41/06/10.)
  4. Deadman, WJ: The Hospital Interne and the War. Ont. Med. Assn. Bulletin, January 1941.
  5. Deadman, WJ: The Young Physician and the War. Ont. Med. Assn. Bulletin, July 1941.
  6. Deadman, WJ: The Call of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Ont. Med. Assn. Bulletin, 8:5 Sept-Oct., 1941.
  7. Deadman, WJ: Canada’s Supply of Army Doctors. Can. Med. Assn. J., 46: pp. 60-62, 1942.
  8. Deadman, WJ: Members on Active Service. Can. Jour. Medical Technology. 3: 4 September, 1941.
  9. Deadman WJ: Canadian Medicine – and the War Effort. Can. Med. Assn. J. (submitted 41/06/10.)
  10. Deadman WJ; Loans to Medical Students … A national responsibility. Canadian Hospital, January 1942.
  11. Deadman WJ; Marion Robina Hutchison, an Appreciation. Can Jour. Med Technology (reprint- Undated)
  12. Deadman WJ; “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. The Dalhousie Review, 37:1 Spring (reprint 8 pp.) 56/12/03 (Address to the members of the Hamilton and District Officers Institute, at Hamilton, December 3, 1956.)
  13. Deadman WJ; Canada’s Fundamental Reconstruction. Printed booklet by Appleford Paper Products 1943. (Address to the Hamilton Rotary Club. 43/02/04.)
  14. The Empire at War. Canada and Canadian Medicine, list of addresses, speeches 1940-42 (some subsequently published. See citations.)

Addresses, Speeches

  1. The Empire at War. Canada and Canadian Medicine, list of addresses, speeches 1940- (some subsequently published. See citations.)
  2. England. Address to the St. George’s Society, Hamilton, at the Annual Dinner, April 21st 1941.
  3. Canada Calling. Address to a recruiting rally at Welland Ontario, June 27th, 1941.
  4. WJD: The Call of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Ont. Med. Assn. Bulletin, 8:5 Sept-Oct., 1941.
  5. Kipling’s India, rough notes for a talk. Undated
  6. Canada… Today and Tomorrow. Address to the Hamilton Rotary Club. (Printed booklet) 40/07/04.
  7. Canada – Today and Tomorrow. Address to the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Association of Superannuated Women Teachers. (Revised, typed) 59/06/11.
  8. Canadian Medicine and the War Effort. Address to the Hippocratic Society, Univ. Western Ontario 42/02/26.
  9. Render unto Caesar. (Address given in several venues. Only rough notes for address remain. Undated)
  10. A Canada Population Policy. Address to various groups. (listed on the front.) 44/05/02 & 46/07/31.
  11. Civic Democracy. Address at the inaugural meeting of the Mayor, Controllers and Aldermen of the City of Hamilton, 52/01/07. (typed paper & earlier draft)
  12. Noblesse Oblige. Address to 1956 Graduating Class, HGH School of Nursing. (typed, undated) 56/06/01.
  13. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Address to the members of the Hamilton and District Officers Institute, at Hamilton, 56/12/03
  14. Memories. Address to the Hamilton Municipal Employees’ Quarter Century Club, at Hamilton, 61/11/29
  15. “Gentlemen of the Jury” Text of a speech for the Manitoba Bar Association, Winnipeg, 63/04/02. (handwritten)
  16. Fifty Years Ago. An address in Response to a Toast to The Class of 1913, Medicine, University of Toronto at the Great Hall, Harthouse, June 11th, 1963. William J Deadman, M.B., 1T3. (typed text of address, 6 pp.)
  17. Canada – Tomorrow. Address to the Ontario Association of Medical Record Librarians, 64/10/26.
  18. Quo Vadis. Address to the United Empire Loyalists Association at Hamilton, 65/02/25. (Handwritten text.)

Articles, General and Miscellaneous

  1. Marion Robina Hutchison, an Appreciation. Typed text (undated)
    Note: Marion Hutchison was secretary to the City Laboratories through the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s.
  2. William Lipsett Robinson, B.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., (C.) (Professor of Pathology, U of Toronto.) WJD.
  3. A Tribute to Colonel F. L. S. Ford, C.M.G., V.D. Program, Complementary Banquet and Presentation at Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, 42/12/19. Appreciations and reply. (6 copies)
  4. Canada’s Youth Problem. Report of a study of the youth problem by a committee of the Rotary Club of Hamilton. (typed. WJD text, full report) 46/05/16.
  5. Memories of the Hamilton of the Teens and Twenties, (MotHotTT) (typed), 39 pp. Part I, 1885-1919. (complete copy dated 1914-1956.
  6. Spiritual Regeneration Needed in Canada.Reprint from G&M 44/01/20.