Educated at Guy's Hospital, and for a time was Demonstrator of Anatomy. He practised first at Whitchurch, Hampshire, then at Evesham. In 1832 at the Worcester Meeting he seconded Sir Charles Hastings' proposal to found the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, subsequently the British Medical

Practised at Stafford, where he was Surgeon to the County Infirmary and Prison. He moved later to Barnstaple, where he died on November 22nd, 1880.

Practised at Aylesbury, where he was Surgeon to the Buckinghamshire and Aylesbury Infirmary and to the Gaol. He died on or before June 21st, 1855.

Born at Tewkesbury in 1855, was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he gained an Entrance Scholarship. After qualifying he held the following appointments: House Physician, Westminster Hospital; Resident Medical Officer, East London Hospital for Children; Registrar and Chloroformist, Evelin

Studied at Guy's Hospital and practised in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, where he was Surgeon to the Little Dean County Gaol. Removing to Bury St Edmunds, he was Surgeon to the Eastern Union Railway Benevolent Institution. After that he returned to The Lawn, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, where

Born on July 10th, 1817. He appears to have practised at Limerick and then at Fairview, Co Dublin, before joining the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on June 14th, 1845. He was promoted Surgeon on April 21st, 1859, having seen active service in Burma, 1852-1858, for which he received the Medal. He

Born at Westoe, near South Shields, his father being a well-known shipowner, his mother related to Dr Winterbottom, Physician to the College of Sierra Leone and author of *Diseases of the Natives of Africa*; was first apprenticed to his brother Henry, who had a large and varied practice and was Surg

Gordon Andrew Barclay was a consultant surgeon in London's East End, at St Andrew's Hospital, Bow, East Ham Memorial Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital. He was also an honorary lecturer at the London Hospital Medical College. Prior to his consultant appointments, he was a member of a British paedia

Richard Harrison was a general surgeon in Barnet, London. He was born on 3 February 1949 in Harleston, Norfolk, the youngest of three children of Leslie, a teacher who later became a vicar, and Helen, also a teacher. His first 10 years were spent in Cyprus, where his parents ran a junior school. The

John Swift Joly was a consultant surgeon at Goondiwindi Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He was born in London on 21 March 1912, the only child of John Swift Joly, an eminent urologist and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Mary Tottenham Fitzpatrick, the daughter of a Dublin bank manage

James Crowe Davidson Mill was a surgeon in Elizabeth, South Australia. He was born in Croydon, the son of James Mill and Rita Crowe. The family eventually emigrated to Australia, and Mill finished his education at St Peter's College, Adelaide. He started studying medicine at the University of Adelai

Neil Orr was a much-loved general surgeon at Colchester Hospital known for his superlative surgical technique, his charm and unfailing courtesy, his questioning of surgical dogma and his immaculate dress, complete with a daily button hole picked fresh from his garden. He was born in Neyyoor, sout