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E002576 - Lucas, Philip Bennett (1804 - 1856)
Title:
Lucas, Philip Bennett (1804 - 1856)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002576
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-07-04
Description:
Obituary for Lucas, Philip Bennett (1804 - 1856), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lucas, Philip Bennett
Date of Birth:
1804
Date of Death:
May 1856
Place of Death:
Pau Basses, Pyrénées, France
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS June 11th 1834

FRCS December 11th 1843, one of the original 300 Fellows

LRCS Ireland 1830

MD
Details:
Was at one time Senior Surgeon of the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the Hunterian School of Medicine, and President of the Harveian Society, 1843-1844. In the eventful year of railway speculation Lucas became a victim to the prevailing mania, and to escape the consequences took up his residence in Boulogne, where he rapidly rose into fame as a skilful practitioner. He obtained a large and remunerative practice, and eventually an ample private fortune. He had by this time taken root in Boulogne among many friends, but he always looked forward to a return to London. He died on May 22nd or 23rd, 1856, at Pau, Basses Pyrénées, where he had gone on account of ill health, He had been appointed (Officier de Santé, Arras, in 1846, and his Boulogne practice was at 58 Rue de l'Ecu. Publications:- Articles on Gonorrhoea, Variations of the Arteries, Delirium Tremens, Strabismus, Stammering, etc, in the *Lancet*. *A Concise Anatomical Description of the Arteries of the Human Body; together with full Directions for Cutting Down upon and Securing the Several Arterial Trunks*, 12mo, London, 1836. *A Practical Treatise on the Cure of Strabismus, or Squint, by Operation, and by Milder Treatment; with some New Views of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Muscles of the Human Eye*, 8vo, London. 1840.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002500-E002599
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