Figure 3

Soon after his passing, the Golding Bird Gold Medal and Scholarship for Sanitary Science, seen in figure 3, was established by his wife Mary and was awarded annually at Guy’s teaching hospital from 1887 all the way until 1983. From 1934 onwards, a Golding Bird Gold Medal and Scholarship was also awarded for Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The neurostimulation practices have continued at Guy’s Hospital after Bird’s and the inauguration of the Department of Electricity on July 15th. There can be no doubt that Dr Bird’s contributions to the field of neuromodulation were significant. He helped to pave the way for the development of the vast majority of clinical tools at the disposal of our physicians today.