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E000977 - Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865)
Title:
Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000977
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2010-05-13
Description:
Obituary for Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Brookes, William Philpot
Date of Birth:
1819
Date of Death:
2 October 1865
Place of Death:
Weston-super-Mare
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS March 1st 1839

FRCS April 19th 1854

LSA 1844

MD St Andrews 1842

MRCP Lond 1860
Details:
Educated at University College and Hospital, where he was for five years Resident Surgeon. He became Surgeon to the Great Western Railway Company, Cheltenham District, Surgeon to the Dispensary for Women and Children, and to the Lying-in Charity. By 1855 he was in practice at Albion House, Cheltenham. He was Medical Inspector of Lunatic Asylums for the Upper Division of the Gloucestershire Improvement Commission, Surgeon to the Cheltenham General Hospital and Dispensary, and Staff Surgeon to the Royal South Gloucester Infantry Regiment of Militia. He retired from this last post before 1863, when he was reported to be travelling, but continued to hold his other positions. His death occurred at Oriel Terrace, Weston-super-Mare, on October 2nd, 1865. Publications: *Practical Remarks on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Sulphuric Ether*, 8vo, London, 1847. “Case of Successful Ligature of the External Iliac close to its origin from the Common Iliac for Inguinal Aneurysm.” – *Lancet*, 1856, ii, 192.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000900-E000999
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