Born at Cobh, afterwards Queenstown and now again Cobh, Co Cork, on February 27th, 1787, the second son of John Verling and of Eleanor Roche, his wife. James Roche Verling belonged to a family long settled in that part of Ireland. He was apprenticed to Sir Arthur Clarke, a well-known Dublin physicia

Born on November 23rd, 1802; was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Bengal Army on March 15th, 1826, and promoted to Surgeon on November 30th, 1841. He became Surgeon to the Calcutta General Hospital and Eye Infirmary, and acted in 1841 as Professor of Surgery and Clinical Surgery at the Calcutta Me

Born on August 24th, 1788, graduated at Edinburgh, the title of his thesis being *De Evolutione et Decremento Corporis Humani* (8vo, Edinburgh, 1808), and was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Bengal Army on February 3rd, 1809. He was promoted Surgeon on July 11th, 1823, and in the Army List of 184

Was one of the first pupils of Henry Clark (qv) at Bristol in his newly opened 'Theatre of Anatomy' in 1826, when there were only seven or eight in the class. He went afterwards to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and, returning to Bristol, lectured for many years on surgery and descriptive anatomy at wha

Lived in Cheltenham, where his practice was extensive, and throughout his whole career he deservedly retained the respect and love of a very large circle. He was appointed Surgeon to the Cheltenham General Hospital in 1825, and held the post for thirty years. Severe illness compelled him to withdraw

Born on July 28th, 1787. Entered the Army as Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff not attached to a regiment on Aug 13th, 1808, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 27th Foot on June 29th, 1809, becoming Surgeon to the regiment on May 26th, 1814. He was placed on half pay on May 25th, 1816, and

Born in 1781, and died in retirement at his residence, 16 Frankfort Street, Plymouth, on October 7th, 1871.

Was a Surgeon in the Royal Navy; he died at sea in August or September, 1849.

Practised in Guernsey and then at Bishopstoke, Hampshire. He died before June 25th, 1858.

Was gazetted Assistant Surgeon in the 3rd Fusilier Guards on Feb 20th, 1806, and rose to Battalion Surgeon - a title in the Foot Guards dating from 1805 - on December 25th, 1813. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo. He became Surgeon Major on February 24th, 1837, was retired on half pay on July

Born in September, 1794, and received his professional training at St George's Hospital, where he was for six months surgical pupil to Robert Keate from July 2nd, 1814. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on August 25th, 1815. He was promoted to Surgeon on May 5th, 1826. He saw active ser

Born on December 15th, 1793, and entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 9th, 1817, being promoted to Surgeon on August 17th, 1829, and to Superintending Surgeon on November 23th, 1843. He saw active service in the Third Maratha or Pindari or Dekkan War in 1817-1818 and in Burma in 1