John de Beaux spent much of his career working in the Colonial Medical Service, and then worked in Elgin, Scotland, as a consultant surgeon. He was born in Amritsar, India, on 3 December 1921, into an old Anglo-Indian family with many connections in the Colonial Service. His father, Louis Dudley de

Educated at King’s College and at Westminster Hospital. He was in general practice (1847) at 35 Great Portland Street and then at 11 Carlton Hill East, St John’s Wood. In the seventies he was practising at Stourbridge, where he was Medical Officer to No 1 Oldswinford District of the Stourbridge Unio

Received his medical education at University College Hospital, also at Edinburgh and in Paris. He practised in Park Street, Grosvenor Square, and acted as Physician to the Grosvenor Dispensary, and to the Farringdon General Dispensary and Lying-in Charity. He was Medical Referee to the Industrial an

Born at Bishop Auckland, the son of George Canney, MD. He was educated at University College Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Anatomical Prosector in 1841-1842. He was Physician to Bishops Maltby, Longley, and Villiers, of Durham, and during his thirty-five years’ residence at Bishop Aucklan

Born on January 17th, 1851, at Dufftown, Banffshire, the son of a banker interested in farming, who handed on to his son a love of outdoor life. He was educated at the Milne Institution, Fochhaber, then at the University of Aberdeen, being the only student in attendance wearing the kilt. After gradu

Joyce Rewcastle Ludlow was a surgeon who spent her working life in Nigeria. She was born Joyce Rewcastle Woods in Sidcup, Kent, on 24 July 1905, the daughter of James Rewcastle Woods, a minister, and Una Marion Pierce née Couch. Both parents were keen members of the Temperance Movement. Joyce studie

Guidubaldo Querci della Rovere was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Known as 'Uccio', he was born in Venice, Italy, on 27 March 1946 into the ancient and eminent della Rovere family. His family history dates back many centuries and two popes (Julius II and Sixtus IV) were

Prince Selvadurai Selvachandran was head of surgery at the Green Memorial Hospital in Manipay, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, until it was virtually destroyed in the civil war. He was born on 4 January 1938, the son of S S Selvadurai, principal of the American Mission College, Udupiddy, treasurer of the Jaffna

Born in September, 1816, in Oxford, where his father, William Crozier, resided, and received his early education there. He then began to study medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he greatly distinguished himself. After qualifying he was appointed by the Council of the Royal College of Surge

Educated at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Physician. He was then appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Leeds General Infirmary, and in 1893 entered the service of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. In 1897 he was appointed Medical Superintendent of the North-Eastern Fever Hospital, and in 1905

Was gazetted a Hospital Assistant to the Forces on March 7th, 1814. He served in the campaign in the United States in 1814; was Assistant Surgeon of the 67th Regiment of Foot on December 23rd, 1824; served in the Burmese War in 1826; was promoted Surgeon (7th Foot) on March 13th, 1885, and Staff Sur

Practised at 6 Prince Edwin Street, Everton, Liverpool, and died on Dec 20th 1862. Publications:- “Tartar Emetic and Opium in Spasmodic Affections.” – *Lond.Med.Gaz.* 1837-8, i, 56. “Nature and Treatment of Puerperal Fever.” – *Ibid.*, 1837-8, ii, 463. “Hydrophobic Mania Successfully Treated wi