Dr Arnold Renshaw (1885–1980): Manchester pathologist and forensic pathologist with a clinical interest in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Dr Arnold Renshaw trained in both dentistry and medicine in Manchester, being actively involved in the University student organisations. He followed a career in pathology and bacteriology that was interrupted by serving in the RAMC during World War I. Bacteriological interest in the antiseptic properties of aniline dyes followed. His main interest, however, was in pathology where he was associated with the Pathology Society of Manchester for more than twenty years. He was also actively involved in the founding of the Association of Clinical Pathologists. The Association led to the formation of the Royal College of Pathologists and to Renshaw being elected one of the Founding Fellows. He also developed a special expertise in forensic pathology which he pioneered in northwest England. His later years witnessed an interest in rheumatoid arthritis to investigate a possible cause and suggest a unique treatment consisting of the small intestinal enzymes, erepsin.