Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003527 - Wilkes, James (1811 - 1894)
Title:
Wilkes, James (1811 - 1894)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003527
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-02-06
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Wilkes, James (1811 - 1894), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Wilkes, James
Date of Birth:
1811
Date of Death:
8 December 1894
Place of Death:
London
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 12th 1835
FRCS January 12th 1854
LSA 1834
Details:
Studied at the General Hospital, Birmingham, and at King's College Hospital, London. In 1841 he was appointed Medical Superintendent of the Stafford County Asylum until in 1855 he was appointed Commissioner in Lunacy on Lord Salisbury's recommendation. This post he resigned in 1878, but remained on the Board as an honorary member and continued a constant attendant in a characteristically conscientious spirit until shortly before his death, which occurred on December 8th, 1894, at 19 Queen's Gardens, Hyde Park.
Publications:
Wilkes published, along with WILLIAM HAMMOND, *Essays* - "I. On the Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Great Sympathetic Nerve," by Wilkes; "II. On the Anatomy of Inguinal Hernia," by Hammond, being Prize Essays of the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery, 1832.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599
Media Type:
Unknown
