Was perhaps a member of the family of the two Edward Nourses who were famous as surgeons of the Old Surgeons' Corporation in the eighteenth century. He received his professional training at St George's Hospital, and practised in the fifties at 8 Burwood Place, Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park, W. By the early sixties he had removed to 11 Marlborough Place, Brighton, having for a time been Surgeon to the East and West Cowes Dispensary. He was appointed Surgeon to the Brighton Hospital for Sick Children, and held this post for many years. In 1881 he was living at Bouverie House, Exeter, whence he removed to Norfolk Lodge, Thurlow Road, Torquay. He died at Torquay in February, 1912. At the time of his death he was Past President of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History and Philosophic Societies. Publications: *Sanitary Duties of Private Individuals*. *On the Climate of Egypt*, 1853. *A Short and Plain History of Cholera : its Causes and Prevention*, 8vo, London, 1857. "Case of Acute Spinal Meningitis." - *Lancet*, 1859, i, 554. *On the Organs of the Senses and the Cerebral Faculties Connected with them*, 8vo, Brighton, 1860. "Case of True Leprosy in a Patient never absent from her Native Place in England." - *Med Times and Gaz*, 1865, ii, 251. "On Registration of Diseases." - *Brit Med Jour*, 1867, ii, 143. *Tables for Students*. "Five Hundred Cases of Ulcers of the Leg." - *Brit Med Jour*, 1872, i, 693.