Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E001075 - Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892)
Title
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Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E001075
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2010-11-11
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Burchell, Peter Lodwick (1818 - 1892), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Burchell, Peter Lodwick
Date of Birth
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1818
Date of Death
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5 July 1892
Place of Death
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Bradwell
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS July 5th 1839
FRCS August 16th 1849
LSA 1840
MB Lond 1851
Details
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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.
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001000-E001099
URL for File
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373258
Media Type
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Unknown