The son of James Long, a Lancashire merchant. He was probably born at Poulton, and was apprenticed to Mr Halton, a Surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary. To the apprenticeship system Long used often to attribute that thorough grasp of practical detail in medicine and surgery on which his success

Born in August, 1809, the son of a medical practitioner in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. He was educated at various schools in the county, and was then apprenticed to Dr Barnett, of Stourport. He became a student at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals in 1827, but soon afterwards went to Paris, where he stu

Educated at Guy's Hospital, where he entered in 1829, and at the Infirmary, Northampton, in which town he was apprenticed to Dr Robertson. He settled in practice at Newmarket, and was for many years the trusted friend and adviser of the best-known men in the racing world: Admiral Rous, George Payne,

Received his professional education in Edinburgh, Dublin, and at University College Hospital, London. He began practice at Wigan in 1831, and removed to Bolton in 1837. He soon gained a lucrative practice, but in 1843 suffered from rheumatic fever followed by heart disease and bronchitis, so that in

Received his medical education in Birmingham and at Westminster Hospital. Was for several years House Surgeon at the General Hospital, Birmingham, where he established a reputation as a sound thinker, a good practical surgeon, and one of the ablest and most respected practitioners of Birmingham. Lat

Resided and practised at 241 City Road, EC, and died there on December 10th, 1870.

Practised at 13 Canonbury Lane, North London, and died on December 13th, 1870.

Educated at St George’s Hospital, where he was entered as a twelvemonths’ pupil to Robert Keate on October 18th, 1828. Practised at Abergavenny, and was Surgeon to the Dispensary. He died at Berkeley Square, Clifton, on December 31st, 1854.

Surgeon to the General Hospital, Nottingham, and to the County Gaol. He went to Jersey about 1863 and practised for many years at St Brelade's. He died before 1891. [Amendments from the annotated edition of *Plarr's Lives* at the Royal College of Surgeons: ? connected with John Attenborrow, Surgeon

Born on December 26th, 1809, the son of Edward Breese Copeman, a merchant living at Great Witchingham in Norfolk. He received his early education at the Grammar School in Trunch, and was then apprenticed in Norwich, first to A Brown, and then to J G Crosse ('Crosse, of Norwich'), whose midwifery cas

Was Surgeon to the Parochial Infirmary of St Luke's, Middlesex. He died at his house, 16 Artillery Place, Finsbury Square, on or before April 26th, 1854.

Educated at St Thomas's Hospital. He practised at Melksham, Wiltshire, and was for many years Medical Officer of the 3rd District of the Melksham Union, and at the time of his death Senior Surgeon of the Melksham Cottage Hospital and Medical Officer of the 2nd District of the Devizes Union. He died