Field, Alfred George ( - 1902)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E001731 - Field, Alfred George ( - 1902)

Title
Field, Alfred George ( - 1902)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E001731

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2011-12-14
 
2012-02-10

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Field, Alfred George ( - 1902), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Field, Alfred George

Date of Death
1902

Place of Death
Wallingford, Berkshire, UK

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS May 23rd 1842
 
FRCS May 10th 1855
 
LSA 1842

Details
Educated at St George's Hospital, and then became Surgeon to the Reading Dispensary, and later to the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, Margate, when he resided at Westbrook, close by. He had removed to 40 Great Marlborough Street before 1855, was also Surgeon to the Blenheim Street Dispensary, and had been appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy at his old medical school. He next removed to Brighton, living at 28 Old Steine, and then 22 Denmark Terrace, Montpelier Road, where he was Surgeon to St Mary's Hospital. He went out of practice before 1875, and resided at Alveston Manor, Stratford-on-Avon, and then at Benson, Wallingford, Berks. He died at Wallingford on May 15th or September 15th, 1902. His photograph, which is full of character, is in the Fellows' Album. Publications: "Discovery of Physiological Effects of Nitroglycerine." - *Med. Times*, 1858, N.S. xvi, 291; 1859, N.S. xviii, 339. "A New Mode of Removing the Os Calcis, with Cases." - *Ibid.*, 1852, xxvi, 137. "Pyaemia from Simple Fracture of the Ulna." - *Ibid.*, 1855. "On the Closure of Fissures caused by Diseases of the Hard Palate." - *Ibid.*, 1856, xxxiv, 190. "Case of Spontaneous Rupture of the Bladder." - *Ibid.*, 1856, N.S. xiii, 590.

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/E001000-E001999/E001700-E001799

URL for File
373914

Media Type
Unknown