Is said to have been a witness (he could not have been a qualified medical witness) at the trial in 1824 of John Thurtell (1794-1824), who murdered William Weare, solicitor, with whom he had gambled, at Gibbs Hill, Lane Road, Radlett, on the St Albans Road, and threw the body into a swamp two miles

Born on November 10th, 1816, entered the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on January 5th, 1841, was promoted to Surgeon on March 10th, 1854, to Surgeon Major on January 5th, 1861, and to Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on April 2nd, 1866. He saw active service in Sind in 1843, being present at

Practised at Hawkhurst, Kent, where he died on April 12th, 1870.

Entered the Army as Surgeon's Mate, unattached, on December 19th, 1811. In May, 1813, he became Hospital Assistant, and on June 3rd, 1813, was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 40th Foot. He went on half pay on October 26th, 1814, and exchanged on full pay, on February 16th, 1815, to the 74th Foot.

Jim Jardine was a gifted general surgeon, a kind and compassionate doctor who practised in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. He loved the people and had an extraordinary gift for remembering patients' names. Moreover, he had a special rapport with his Maori patients and their families. One of his

Born on October 12th, 1825, the youngest child of John and Sarah Wood. His father, who was a wool stapler at Bradford, Yorkshire, could only afford him a very simple education at the school of E Capon. He was articled to a solicitor, but disliking the law, and finding that his studies were interrupt

Son of Peter Wood, MD Edin, Consulting Physician to the Manchester Royal Infirmary Fever Wards and to the Royal Lunatic Asylum, a well-known medical practitioner at Southport. John Forrester Wood was educated at Atherstone Grammar School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He acted as House Surgeon

Studied at King's College Hospital and practised at Ledbury, Herefordshire, where, in succession to his father, Miles Astman Wood, who qualified MRCS in 1880, he was Surgeon to the Dispensary. He died at Ledbury on April 13th, 1922.

Born at Exeter of an old Exeter family; his father had practised in that city for many years. At the age of 15 Woodman was sent out to a relative on a ranch in Australia, and he later recorded his experiences in *Chips by an Old Chum; or, Australia in the Fifties* (1893). On the outbreak of the Crim

The son of William Woodman, who practised at 16 Bedford Circus, Exeter. He was educated at the Grammar School, and received his professional training at St Mary's Hospital, which he entered in 1861, and was House Surgeon for a year. He entered into partnership with G Silvanus Snowden (qv), of Ramsga

Practised at Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, where he was Medical Officer of the Union Hospital and of the District Infirmary, also Certifying Factory Surgeon. He died at Ashton-under-Lyne on May 2nd, 1871.

The second son of Charles Walter Wood, MRCS of Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, Leicestershire; studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Demonstrator of Anatomy. He practised at 3 St Martin's East, Leicester, was Surgeon to the General Dispensary and to the Ladies' Maternity Cha