Born on May 15th, 1780, was appointed Surgeon's Mate, unattached, in June, 1801, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 14th Dragoons on August 15th, 1805, promoted to Surgeon on October 24th, 1811, joined the Staff on November 5th, 1812, and retired on half pay on February 25th, 1817. His active

Born in March, 1792, entered the IMS, Madras Army, as Assistant Surgeon on April 13th, 1816, was promoted to Surgeon on December 16th, 1828, to Superintending Surgeon on February 1st, 1843. He saw active service in the Third Maratha, Pindari, or Dekkan War (1817-1818), and died at Madras on December

Educated at Guy's Hospital and was in general practice at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. He was there Surgeon to the West Suffolk General Hospital from 1826-1856, when he resigned and was appointed Consulting Surgeon, a post he held until 1867, when he left Bury to live at 5 Albion Street, Ramsgate. He

Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, he was elected one of the Surgeons of the Essex and Colchester Hospital at its foundation, and retired in 1861 after being for many years Senior Surgeon. His tenure of office lasted forty-two years. He was a bold and successful operator, especially in lit

Graduated at Edinburgh. He served as Surgeon in the Royal Navy and afterwards practised in Elgin, where he was Physician to Gray's Hospital. He died in London on February 11th, 1861. Publication: "Removal of a Cancerous Tumour from Below the Tongue, with Some Remarks on the Operative Surgery of the

Born on June 30th, 1778, and was one of the last to become a Member of the Old Company of Surgeons, the Charter instituting the College bearing date March 22nd, 1800. He joined the Army as Surgeon's Mate, unattached, on March 11th, 1800. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 35th Foot on the foll

Born on April 21st, 1815, the second son of Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, FAS (qv), the medical biographer, which explains the strangeness of his second christian name. His grandfather had been a Surgeon in the Royal Navy before he settled in practice in London. Pettigrew was admitted to Westminster Sch

Practised in Church Street, Lancaster. He had among his apprentices Richard Owen (qv), transferred to him in 1823 by Joseph Seed, who had become a naval surgeon. Harrison's pupils had access to the County Gaol, and carried out post-mortem examinations, which served to interest Owen in anatomy, as is

Was for many years Physician to the Bank of Ireland and to the Dublin Metropolitan Police. In his practice he devoted considerable attention to phthisis, and was the author of several much-read works on this subject. He founded, or helped to found, several hospitals such as the Dublin Fever Hospital

Educated at St George's Hospital. From 1832-1842 he was Lecturer on Anatomy and Surgery at the Great Windmill Street School (Theatre of Anatomy), as well as Surgeon to the Marylebone General Dispensary. He then practised at Harewood, Leeds, and latterly at 34 Croom's Hill, Greenwich. He was an honor

John Williams, Surgeon, RN, died at Southsea, Hampshire, in 1857.

Born on July 4th, 1771. He was appointed Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff, not attached to a regiment, on April 8th, 1794, and on June 16th, 1795, became Surgeon, without purchase, to the 5th Dragoon Guards. His war record is remarkable. He served under the Duke of York in Holland and in Ireland