Lonsdale, Edward F ( - 1857)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E002567 - Lonsdale, Edward F ( - 1857)

Title
Lonsdale, Edward F ( - 1857)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E002567

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2012-07-04

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Lonsdale, Edward F ( - 1857), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Lonsdale, Edward F

Date of Death
11 September 1857

Place of Death
London

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS January 10th 1834
 
FRCS December 11th 1843, one of the original 300 Fellows

Details
Was Surgeon to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bloomsbury Square, and to the Artists' Benevolent Fund. He was a thoroughly good surgeon, a most sincere and warm-hearted friend, and a strictly honourable and upright man, of high independent spirit. To the patients of the hospital he was extremely kind and attentive. He died suddenly of a ruptured aneurysm on the afternoon of September 11th, 1857, at his home in Montague Street, Russell Square. Publications:- Lonsdale published lectures in the *Lond Med Gaz* and papers in other medical journals, which evinced his ardent interest in his work. He also published:- *A Practical Treatise on Fractures*, 8vo, 60 woodcuts, London, 1838. *A Description of Three Instruments for the Treatment of Fractures of the Lower Jaw, Fractures of the Patella, and for Tying Uterine Polypi*, 4to, 8 plates, London, 1840. *Observations on the Treatment of Lateral Curvature of the Spine*, pointing out the advantages to be gained by placing the body in a position to produce lateral flexion of the vertebral column, combined with the after-application of firm mechanical support, 8vo, illustrated, London, 1847; 2nd ed, 1852.

Sources
*Lond and Prov Med Directory*, 1858, 865

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/E002000-E002999/E002500-E002599

URL for File
374750

Media Type
Unknown