Received his professional training at St George's Hospital, where a certain R Cumming, according to the St George's Hospital Records, was twelve months pupil to Sir Benjamin Brodie from April 28th, 1834. He was a Volunteer Surgeon before he settled in practice at Malpas, Cheshire, where he remained till the year 1867. He then went to South Africa, served in the Kafir War of 1878, resigned his commission as Surgeon in 1887, practised at Kimberley, became a JP, and died there of bronchitis on October 12th, 1887. His death was not reported to the College until 1890. Publication:- *Ossa Humana: or, the Bones of the Human Body, drawn from Nature*, oblong fol., 8 plates, London.