Education
Born on 17 October 1881, James McDonagh was educated at Bedford School and at the Medical College of Street Bartholomew"s Hospital.
Born on 17 October 1881, James McDonagh was educated at Bedford School and at the Medical College of Street Bartholomew"s Hospital.
He was a surgeon at the London Lock Hospital and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1916, he was appointed Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1929, he established the Nature of Disease Institute, remaining its director until 1959.
Here he worked on the causes of syphilis, the common cold and influenza, reaching conclusions generally at odds with those commonly held.
Professor James McDonagh retired in 1959 and died on 14 February 1965.
