Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E000977 - Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865)

Title
Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E000977

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2010-05-13

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Brookes, William Philpot (1819 - 1865), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Brookes, William Philpot

Date of Birth
1819

Date of Death
2 October 1865

Place of Death
Weston-super-Mare

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS March 1st 1839
 
FRCS April 19th 1854
 
LSA 1844
 
MD St Andrews 1842
 
MRCP Lond 1860

Details
Educated at University College and Hospital, where he was for five years Resident Surgeon. He became Surgeon to the Great Western Railway Company, Cheltenham District, Surgeon to the Dispensary for Women and Children, and to the Lying-in Charity. By 1855 he was in practice at Albion House, Cheltenham. He was Medical Inspector of Lunatic Asylums for the Upper Division of the Gloucestershire Improvement Commission, Surgeon to the Cheltenham General Hospital and Dispensary, and Staff Surgeon to the Royal South Gloucester Infantry Regiment of Militia. He retired from this last post before 1863, when he was reported to be travelling, but continued to hold his other positions. His death occurred at Oriel Terrace, Weston-super-Mare, on October 2nd, 1865. Publications: *Practical Remarks on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Sulphuric Ether*, 8vo, London, 1847. “Case of Successful Ligature of the External Iliac close to its origin from the Common Iliac for Inguinal Aneurysm.” – *Lancet*, 1856, ii, 192.

Rights
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
Obituary

Format
Asset

Asset Path
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000900-E000999

URL for File
373160

Media Type
Unknown