Born [1] at Senftenberg in Bohemia, a Czech, the son of a poor watchmaker. Educated at the Königsgratz Gymnasium, and in 1861 entered as a student at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, the teachers being Hyrtl, Skoda, Brücke, Oppolzer, and Rokitansky. He took his doctor's degree in 186

Born at Aulnay-sur-Odon, Calvados, in December, 1834. He began his medical studies at Caen, where he was Prosector of Anatomy and Interne at the Hôtel Dieu. He completed his studies in Paris, where in 1857 he gained in competition the post of Interne des Hôpitaux, becoming Prosector in four years' t

The younger son of Robert Ball, LLD, Director of the Dublin Museum of Science and Art, and brother of Sir Robert Stawell Ball, the Astronomer Royal, was born in Dublin on Feb 21st, 1851. After a brilliant career at Trinity College, Dublin, he practised for a short period in South Wales; but return

Theodor Kocher, a native of Berne, is remarkable in having remained in his native place throughout his life. Born in 1841, he graduated at the University of Berne in 1865 and studied further in Vienna and in Berlin, and he also visited London and Paris. Following G A Luecke he was appointed Professo

Born at Bergerac, Dordogne, on October 3rd, 1846, the son of a pastor of Italian origin who had twelve children. He was educated at the *lycées* of Pau and Bordeaux, and in 1869 studied in Paris, becoming a favourite pupil of Broca. He graduated MD in 1873, and obtained the position of Agrégé in 187

Born at Castéra-Verduzan (Gers) in Gascony, the son of a local practitioner. He studied medicine in Paris, becoming interne in 1863, and serving under Jarjavay, Denonvilliers, Gosselin, and Cusco. He graduated MD in 1867 with a thesis on the internal circulation of the heart. Based on his own resear

Born in the town of Novotscherkask on the Don on January 28th (Jan 16th os), 1845. He was the son of a priest and was educated at an ecclesiastical seminary. He received his medical education at the Medico-Chirurgical Academy, St Petersburg, in the years 1862-1868, his teachers being Professors Botk

Born on May 4th, 1842, in Boston, Mass, the son of Jonathan Mason Warren and his wife, Annie Crowninshield. The Warren family is of old New England stock. In the life of his eponymous grandfather, Dr J Collins Warren, he states: "John Collins Warren was born in Boston on August 1st, 1778. His gra

The son of Rubio, continuing the name of the well-known eighteenth-century physician and medical author, and of his wife, *née* Galli, was born on August 7th, 1827, at Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz. He studied in the Faculty of Medicine, and graduated at Cadiz in 1850, having been from 1846-1849 enga