Entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital as a pupil of John Abernethy. Started practice in Manchester, living for many years in Moseley Street; in 1815, on the establishment of the Eye Hospital, he was appointed Surgeon, and on his retirement Consulting Surgeon. In a paper on the “Treatment of Accidental C

Son of Andrew Adams, a wholesale draper at Plymouth, and of Eliza Oake his wife. Born at Plymouth on July 4th, 1842, and after education at a private school was apprenticed to W Joseph Square (qv), Surgeon to the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital. Entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital, after being

Born at Edinburgh on Nov 1st, 1842, the son of Peter S Banks, Writer to the Signet. He received his early education at Edinburgh Academy and passed from there to the University of Edinburgh. Graduated MD with honours, and won the Gold Medal for his thesis on the Wolffian bodies in 1864. Acted for a

Educated as an Associate Scholar at King's College, London, and professionally at King's College Hospital, where he served as House Physician. After qualifying in London in 1861 he spent some time in Edinburgh, where he acted as Dresser and Clinical Clerk in the Edinburgh Infirmary, and then proceed

Educated in London and Paris. Was at one time Surgeon to the Somerset Militia and Coroner for North Somerset. He was Mayor of Bath in 1859-1860, and at the time of his death was JP for Bath and Surgeon to the St Catherine’s Hospital and Bath Eye and Ear Infirmary, and also Hon Consulting Physician t

Received his professional training as apprentice to Mr Samuel Partridge, whose partner he afterwards became, and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where Edward Stanley (qv) offered him a Demonstratorship of Anatomy. After qualifying he was elected one of the Surgeons of the Eye Infirmary, Birmingham, a

Received his professional education at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals. At the time of his death he was a Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of London, a member of the Royal College of Chemistry, and of the Epidemiological, London Meteorological, and Norfolk and West Suffolk Archaeological Societies,

John Humphreys was a greatly respected consultant general surgeon in Southport from 1961 to 1990. His main interest was in gastro-intestinal surgery, but he was also a competent urologist. Fully committed to patients under his care, he visited them at weekends to check on their progress. In view of

Educated at Edinburgh, St Thomas’s, and Guy’s Hospitals. At the time of his death he was Surgeon to the Gateshead Dispensary and Lying-in Charity. He was also a Justice of the Peace for Durham. He died at his residence, High Street, Gateshead, Durham, on Aug or Sept 24th, 1866. Publications: “On t

Educated at the combined hospitals of Guy's and St Thomas's, where he applied himself to surgery with such zest as to become a favourite dresser of Sir Astley Cooper. Yet he was not related to his famous namesake, under whom he acquired a sound practical knowledge of surgery. He was intimately conne

Born at Bath, and came of an old Herefordshire family. His father and several of his relations were medical men. After qualifying he succeeded to his uncle’s practice at Hereford, which, considerable as it was, he carried on alone till his retirement about the year 1875. He was known as a good opera

Born at Highgate on May 26th, 1843; educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where for the unusual period of two years he was House Surgeon to Sir James Paget (qv), to whom he afterwards acted as private assistant, whilst serving for another period of two years as chloroformist to the hospital. He en