Barker, Walter Goodyear (1818 - 1868)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E000758 - Barker, Walter Goodyear (1818 - 1868)
Title
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Barker, Walter Goodyear (1818 - 1868)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E000758
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2009-11-11
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Barker, Walter Goodyear (1818 - 1868), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Barker, Walter Goodyear
Date of Birth
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1818
Date of Death
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24 March 1868
Place of Death
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Worthing
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS October 25th 1839
FRCS December 7th 1849
LSA 1839
Details
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Educated at the London Hospital. Practised at Worthing, where he was Medical Officer to the Infirmary and did much to bring the place into repute as a health resort. He was a Fellow of the British Meteorological Society. He lived at 18 The Steyne, Worthing, and died there on March 24th, 1868.
Publications:
“On the Climate of Worthing and its Remedial Influence in Disease, especially of the Lungs.” – *Proc. Med.-Chir. Soc.*, 1860, iii, 251. He subsequently expanded this paper into:
*On the Climate of Worthing: its Remedial Influence in Disease, Especially of the Lungs*, 12mo, London, 1860; 2nd ed., 1867.
*On Diseases of the Respiratory Passages and Lungs, Sporadic and Epidemic. Their
Causes, Pathology, Symptoms, and Treatment*, 8vo, London, 1866.
“Comparative Temperature of Greenwich, Worthing, and South Devon,” 1858.
“Meteorology of Worthing” contributed to the Meteorological Society.
Contributions to the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar General from 1851-1865.
Various Letters on the Climate and Sanitary Conditions of Worthing.
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000700-E000799
URL for File
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372941
Media Type
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Unknown