Andrew, Edwyn (1832 - 1887)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
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

Subject
Medical Obituaries

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
General surgeon

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

Details
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.

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/E000600-E000699

URL for File
372872

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