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,

The third son of Louis Thomas, a merchant whose place of business in George Street, Sheffield, was on the site now occupied by the Sheffield Banking Company. He was educated at a private school in Wakefield and was apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Thomas Waterhouse. He then studied in London and P

Received his professional education at St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals. He became Surgeon to the North Devon Infirmary, and at the time of his death was Consulting Surgeon. He practised at Barnstaple and died at his residence, Riversvale, in 1884.

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

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

Practised at 274 Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, and died there in January, 1879.

Educated at Guy's Hospital, and became well known as a Surgeon in Plymouth, practising at 4 Park Place, Stoke, Devonport. After his retirement he served as Justice of the Peace for Devonport. He died at Penlee Cottage, Stoke, on March 24th, 1883. His son, William Paul Swain (qv), followed his father

Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals and at the Webb Street School. At St Thomas's he was Demonstrator, Prizeman and Cheselden Medallist, and, at the Webb Street School, Chemical Prizeman. He practised at Abbey Bridge, Tavistock, and at the time of his death was Medical Officer of the Tavisto

Born at Hopton, in Suffolk, on August 7th, 1809, the only son of Samuel Webber (d 1822), surgeon of that place and Colonel Commandant of the Blackwater Volunteers. He studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals and in Paris. He then assisted Samuel Randall, of Orford, Suffolk, and was appointed Surge