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E000689 - Andrew, Edwyn (1832 - 1887)
Title:
Andrew, Edwyn (1832 - 1887)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000689
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2009-10-02
Description:
Obituary for Andrew, Edwyn (1832 - 1887), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Andrew, Edwyn
Date of Birth:
1832
Date of Death:
10 January 1887
Place of Death:
Shrewsbury, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 30th 1855

FRCS November 24th 1859

LSA 1855

LM 1856

MB Lond 1856

MD (1st class) 1857

MS (Gold Medallist) 1866
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Educated at University College Hospital. Held the offices of Resident Medical Officer, House Surgeon, and Physician’s Assistant, as well as President of the University College Medical Society. Practised in Shrewsbury, devoting himself especially to the treatment of diseases of the eye and the ear. He was appointed Surgeon to the Shropshire and North Wales Eye and Throat Infirmary. At that time the building was very small and inadequate, “but under his exertion, and with the aid of others, he lived to see a new hospital erected and completed in 1881, replete with every comfort and with ample accommodation”. The hospital cost £10,000 to erect. It is a fine building and may be regarded as his monument. Andrew was President of the Shropshire and Mid-Wales branch of the British Medical Association, 1883-1884; Hon Local Secretary and Treasurer to the Royal Medical Benevolent College; Surgeon to the Shropshire Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital; Consulting Surgeon to the Montgomeryshire Infirmary; Certificated Factory Inspector; and Surgeon to Shrewsbury Royal Grammar School. He died at his residence, 12 St John’s Hill, Shrewsbury, on Jan 10th, 1887. Publications: “Extirpation of Lachrymal Gland in Obstruction of Nasal Duct.” – *Brit. Med Jour.*, 1877, ii, 256, 623. “Intestinal Obstruction.” – Ibid., 1878 ii, 470. “On the Extraction of Senile Cataract and its Capsule.” – Ibid., 1883, i, 41.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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