Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised at 11 Montagu Street, Portman Square, London, W; next at Hereford Gardens, Marble Arch; then at Edgware. He was a fellow and member of several Medical Societies, and died suddenly at Dorking on June 13th, 1873.

Born in Edinburgh, one of the seven sons of an eminent Edinburgh business man and a highly cultivated mother. He was educated at the Royal High School, and, before becoming a medical student, spent two years at the Realschule of Hanover and in France, where he became well acquainted with French and

John Edward Gasson was a consultant general surgeon who worked in Cape Town, South Africa. He was born on 17 February 1924. He had a distinguished military career during the Second World War. He joined the South African Air Force in August 1941, and fought in the Middle East and Italy, becoming a m

Son of John Taylor, a stockbroker, and Mary Jane Cash; was born at Peckham Rye on February 1st, 1871, and was educated at King's College, London. He matriculated at Cambridge from Caius College on October 1st, 1889, where he resided for five terms but did not graduate. He then entered Guy's Hospital

Educated at Edinburgh and in London and Paris. He was at one time Clinical Assistant at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, and then for many years practised at Wood Street, High Barnet, Herts, where he was Medical Officer to the 1st District and Workhouse of the Barnet Union, and Mill Corner District, E

Born at Aulnay-sur-Odon, Calvados, in December, 1834. He began his medical studies at Caen, where he was Prosector of Anatomy and Interne at the Hôtel Dieu. He completed his studies in Paris, where in 1857 he gained in competition the post of Interne des Hôpitaux, becoming Prosector in four years' t

Educated at Guy's Hospital. He practised at Wargrave, Henley-on-Thames, and at the time of his death he was Surgeon to the Wokingham District School and Union Medical Officer, posts which he had held for many years. He died at Wargrave on June 17th, 1882.

Born at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, on October 18th, 1840, and was early apprenticed to William Loney, of Macclesfield. His master being Surgeon to the Lying-in Charity, it fell to the apprentice's lot to attend labours there. Before qualifying he did in fact attend, and keep careful notes of, o

Educated at St George's Hospital. He practised at 64 Queen's Road, Bayswater, and was Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Paddington Lying-in Charity. Afterwards he was appointed Public Vaccinator to Ward 3, Paddington. He moved to 139 Queen's Road, Bayswater, and then, before 1887, to 57 Denmark Villas, West

Born on October 14th, 1810, the son of an Army Surgeon who died in the service at Gibraltar in 1812. He followed in his father's footsteps, entering the Army Medical Service in the reign of William IV, first as Assistant Staff Surgeon on May 31st, 1833, and on August 2nd, 1883, as Assistant Surgeon

Born on June 5th, 1843, the elder son of John Pearse (b 1818), of Chilton Lodge, Wilts; he was admitted to Westminster School on September 27th, 1855. He then studied at Westminster Hospital, where he gained in 1862 the Silver Medal for Anatomy and Chemistry and in 1864 the Chadwick Prize. He was Pr

Born at Haverstock Hill, the only son of Francis Bryant Pearse (qv). He studied at University College Hospital, London, then from 1874 at the Middlesex Hospital, gaining an entrance scholarship in 1877, the Broderip Scholarship, and many prizes. He was Physician's Assistant and also studied at King'