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Asset Name:
E001425 - Dickson, Thomas (1805 - 1875)
Title:
Dickson, Thomas (1805 - 1875)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001425
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-09-28
Description:
Obituary for Dickson, Thomas (1805 - 1875), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Dickson, Thomas
Date of Birth:
1805
Date of Death:
30 March 1875
Place of Death:
Buxton, Derbyshire, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS (by election) February 12th 1874

LRCS Edin June 7th 1826

LRCP Edin 1860
Details:
After a period in Manchester, where he lectured on practical pharmacy and materia medica, he directed his attention to the care of the insane. In 1851 he was Resident Medical Superintendent of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital, Cheadle, Cheshire, of which he published the *Annual Reports*. He published in 1852, *Observations on the Importance of Establishing Public Hospitals for the Insane of the Middle and Higher Classes*, with a brief exposition of the nature of insanity and the existing provisions for the treatment of the insane. Later he became proprietor of Wye House Lunatic Asylum, Buxton, Derbyshire. He was also a member of the Committee and a Trustee of the Devonshire Hospital, Vice-Chairman of the Local Board of Health, and Consulting Physician to the Corbar Hill House Retreat for Intemperates, Buxton. He died at Buxton on March 30th, 1875.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001400-E001499
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