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E000519 - Lawrence, John ( - 1863)
Title:
Lawrence, John ( - 1863)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000519
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2008-06-12
Description:
Obituary for Lawrence, John ( - 1863), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lawrence, John
Date of Death:
1863
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Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS October 6th 1809

FRCS December 11th 1843, one of the original 300 Fellows
Details:
Joined the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as Assistant Surgeon on Aug 10th, 1809, and resigned with the rank of Surgeon before March 28th, 1811. He settled in practice at 74 Grand Parade, Brighton, and was Surgeon Extraordinary to William IV. He was one of the first three Surgeons of the Sussex County Hospital, opened in 1828, the other two being Harry Blaker (q.v.) and Robert Taylor (q.v.). These three Surgeons all resigned on the same day, and the first three House Surgeons, Benjamin Valiance, M E J Furner, and John Lawrence, junr., were appointed to succeed them. The last-named died within two or three months, probably of appendicitis; Sir William Fergusson having decided not to operate on what was then commonly known as the ‘passio iliaca’. John Lawrence, senr., was an excellent surgeon. At the time of his death he was Consulting Surgeon to the Sussex County Hospital, the Lying-in Hospital, and St Mary’s Hall, Brighton. He died in 1863. PUBLICATIONS: Lawrence was a contributor to the *Lancet*, *Med. Gaz.*, and *Guy’s Hosp. Rep.* of papers on “Fractured Skull” and “Compound Comminuted Fracture of the Patella.”
Sources:
Johnston’s *RAMC Roll*, No. 8009

N P Blaker’s *Sussex in Bygone Days*, 1919
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000500-E000599
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