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E001075 - Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892)
Title:
Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001075
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2010-11-11
Description:
Obituary for Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Burchell, Peter Lodwick
Date of Birth:
1818
Date of Death:
5 July 1892
Place of Death:
Bradwell
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS July 5th 1839

FRCS August 16th 1849

LSA 1840

MB Lond 1851
Details:
Educated at Westminster Hospital, where he was Demonstrator of Anatomy. He practised in partnership with Franklin Hewitt Oliver, LRCP at 2 Kingsland Road, NE, and his other address was Delamers, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. He was at one time Member of the Board of Examiners for Midwives, Surgeon to the 'G' Division of the Metropolitan Police, for fifteen years Surgeon-Accoucheur to the City of London Lying-in Hospital, and for twelve years Surgeon to the Royal Maternity Charity. He was Librarian, Orator in 1878, and President of the Hunterian Society in 1881, and was a Fellow of the Obstetrical Society. He died at Bradwell on July 5th, 1892. Publications: "A Brief Sketch of the Ancient History of Medicine," etc., being his Oration before the Hunterian Society, 1878. "On Polypus in the Uterus."-*Lancet*, 1840-1, i, 551. "Use of Chloroform in a Case of Difficult Parturition."-*Ibid*., 1848, i, 96. "Case of Strangulated Femoral Hernia treated Successfully by Mr. Gay's Operation." -*Med. Times*, 1849, xix, 307.
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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/E001000-E001999/E001000-E001099
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