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MEDICO - CHIRURGFICAL TRANSACTIONS, PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY or LONDON. VOLUME THE TWENTY-THIRD. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1840. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. PATRON, THE QUEEN. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, ELECTED MARtCH 2, 1840. PRESIDENT. SIR B. C. BRODIE, BARIT., F.R.S. {JOHN CLENDINNING, M.D. HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. F.R.S. VICE-IlRESI DENTS. JOhIN GOLDWYER ANDREWS, ESQ. EDWARD STANLEY, ESQ., F.R.S. MERRIMAN, M.D. TREASU RERS. T RSAMUEL LJAMES M. ARNO'IT, EsQ. M.D. SECRETARIES. FHENRY LEE, JOHN G. PERRY, ESQ. LIBRARIANS. tFROBERTSAMUEL WILLIS,SOLLY. ESQ.,M.D. F.R.S. * f RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D. F.R.S. GEORGE BURROWS, M.D. MARSHALL HALL, M.D. F.R.S. ROBERT M. KERRISON, M.D. OTHER MEMBERS THOMAS WATSON, M.D. OF COUNCIL. HENRY ALEXANDER, ESQ. ROBERT LISTON, ESQ. JOHN P. PEREGRINE, EsQ. RICHARD A. STAFFORD, EsQ. J. C. TAUNTON, ESQ. * Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., was elected July 14,1840, on the resignatio of Samuel Solly, Esq. a 2 Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. OCTOBER 1840. Amongst the non-residents, those marked thus (0) are entitled by Composition to receive the Transactions. ELECTED 1818 WALTER ADAM, M.D., Physician to the Royal Public Dispen- sary, Edinburgh. 1818 Thomas Addison, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital; 24, New-street, Spring-gardens. 1814 Joseph Ager, M.D., Great Portland-street. 1819 *James Ainge, Esq., Fareham, Hants. 1837 *Ralph Fawsett Ainsworth, M.D., 104, King-street, Man- chester. 1819 George F. Albert, Esq. 1839 Rutherford Alcock, Esq., K.C.T. K.T.S., Lecturer on Surgery at Sydenham College; 13, Park-place, St. James's. 1826 James Alderson, M.D., Physician to the General Infirmary, Hull. 1813 Henry Alexander, Esq., Suryeoni.Oculist in Ordinary to the Queen, and Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye; 6, Cork-street. 1835 Henry Alexander, Esq., Junior, Great Russell-street. 1826 M. Allen, M.D., Leopard's Lodge, Loughton, Essex. 1836 Henry Ancell, Esq., Surgeon to the Western General Dispen- sary; 39, Albion-street, Hyde-park. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. V ELECTED 1817 Alexander Aiiderson, Esq. 1816 John Goldwyer Andrews, Esq., VICE-PRESIDENT, Surgeon to the London Hospital; 4, St. Helen's Place. 1820 Thomas F. Andrews, M.D., Norfolk, Virginia. 1813 William Ankers, Esq., Knutsford. 1816 William Annandale, Esq., 3, Great Queen-street, West- minster. 1819 Professor Antommarchi, Florence. 1818 William Withering Arnold, M.D., Physician to the Infirmaty and Lunatic Asylum at Leicester. 1825 Thomas Graham Arnold, M.D., Stamford. 1819 James M. Arnott, Esq., TREASURER, Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital; Professor of Surgery to King's College; New ijr Burlington-street. 1828 Neil Arnott, M.D., F.R.S., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen; Bedford-square. 1817 John Ashburner, M.D., M.R.I.A., Physician Accoucheur to the Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, and Physician Accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital; Wimpole-street. 1822 Samuel Ashwell, M.D., Obstetric Physician and Lecturer to Guy's Hospital; 16, Grafton-street. 1825 Benjamin G. Babington, M.D., F.R.S., Assistant Physician to Guy's Hospital, and Physician to the Deaf and Dumb Institution; 31, George-street, Hanover-square. 1819 Johii Carr Badeley, M.D., Chelmsford. 1820 *John H. Badley, Esq., Dudley. 1838 Francis Badgley, M.D., 12, Lower Phillimore-place. 1840 William Bainbridge, Esq., Upper Tooting. 1836 Andrew Wood Baird, M.D., Ipswich. 1816 *William Baker, M.D., Physician to the Derbyshire General Infirmary; Derby. 1839 T. Graham Balfour, M.D., Army MedicalBoard, St. James's- place. 1837 William Baly, M.D., Physician to the St. Pancras Infirmary; 3, Brook-street, Hanover-square. 1823 *Edward Barlow, M.D., Physician to the United Hospital, and to the Bath Hospital; Bath. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 1v FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. ELECTED 1815 *John Baron, M.D., Cheltenham. 1833 Alfred Barker, M.D., Assistant Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; 15, Grafton-street, Bond-street. 1822 James Bartlett, M.D., Physician to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; 10, Bentinck-street. 1836 William Beaumont, Esq., Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary; 47, Berners-street. 1840 Charles Beevor, Esq., 49, Berners-street. 1824 *Benjamin Bell, Esq., Edinburgh. 1818 *Joseph Bell, Esq., Surgeon to the Royal Infrmary; Edin- burgh. 1819 Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S. L.S. and G.S., Lecturer on Dis- eases of the Teeth at Guy's Hospital; 17, New Broad- street. 1820 Stephen Bertin, Esq., Paris. 1818 John Jeremiah Bigsby, M.D., Newark, Nottinghamshire. 1815 Archibald Billing, M.D., Physician to the London Hospital; 6, Bedford-place. 1827 William Birch, Esq., Barton, Lichfleld. 1835 James Bird, Esq., 259, Oxford-street. 1812 Adam Black, M.D., 29 B, Albemarle-street. 1839 Richard Blagden, Esq., Surgeon Accoucheur to the Queen; Albemarle-street. 1814 Thomas Blair, M.D., Brighton. 1840 Peyton Blakiston, M.D., Birmingham. 1834 William Bloxam, Esq., Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Lying- in Hospital, and .Surgeon to the St. George's Infirmary; 26, George-street, Hanover-square. 1811 *Henry C. Boisragon, M.D., Cheltenham. 1823 Louis Henry Bojanus, M.D., Wilna. 1816 Hugh Bone, M.D., Physician to the Forces. 1810 John Booth, M.D., Physician to the General Hospital at Bir- mingham. 1806 John Bostock, M.D. F.R.S., 22, Upper Bedford place. 1818 Gilbert Breschet, M.D., Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu, Paris. 1814 Riclhard Bright, M.D. F.R.S., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen, and Physician to Guy's Hospital; Saville- w. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. vii' ELECTED 1813 Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., PRESIDENT, V.P.R.S., Ser- jeant Surgeon to the Queen, Surgeon in ordinary to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Surgeon to St. George's Hospital; Saville-row. 1828 Benjamin Brookes, Esq., Surgeon to the British Lying-in Hospital, Brownlow-street; 37, Bedford-street, Covent- garden. 1816 *Ninian Bruce, M.D., Surgeon to the Forces, and to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 1818 *Samuel Barwick Bruce, Esq., Surgeon to the Forces; Ripon. M. Pierre Brulatour, Surgeon to the Hospital, Bordeaux. 18'23 B. Bartlet Buchanan, M.D. 1839 George Budd, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Medicine in King's College, London; Physician to King's College Hospital; Bedford-place. 1839 Thos. Henry Burgess, M.D., 29, Margaret-stree. 1824 John Burne, M.D., Physician to the Westminster Hospi- tal, and to the Magdalen Hospital; 24, Lower Brook- street. 1833 George Burrows, M.D., Assistant Physician and Lecturer ox Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; 45, Queen Ann- street. 1820 Samuel Burrows, Esq. 1835 Henry Burton, M.D., Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; 41, Jermyn-street. 1837 George Busk, Esq., Hospital-ship Dreadnought; Greenwich. 1818 John Butter, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Physician to the Ply- mouth Eye Infirmary; Plymouth. 1832 *William Campbell, M.D., Physician to the New Town Dis- pensary, and Lecturer on Midwifery, Edinburgh. 1838 *Alexander Campbell, M.D., Bombay. 1839 Robert Carswell, M.D., Professor of Pathological Anatomy at University College, and Physician to the Norik London Hospital; Berners-street. 1825 Harry Carter, M.D., Physician to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital; Canterbury. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 viii FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. ELECTED 1818 Richard Cartwright, Esq., 34, Bloomsbury-square. 1820 Samuel Cartwright, Esq., 32, Burlington-street. 1839 William Cathrow, Esq., Weymouth-street. 1818 Richard Chamberlaine, Esq., Kingston, Jamaica. 1816 William Frederick Chambers, K.G.H., M.D., F.R.S., Physi- cian to the Queen; 46, Lcwer Brook-street. 1837 Henry T. Chapman, Esq., Argyle-street. 1838 George Chaplin Child, M.D., 27, Mortimer-street. 1836 Henry S. Chinnock, Esq., F.L.S., Surgeon to the West- minster Lying-in Institution, Visiting Apothecary to St. George's Hospital; 12, Michael's-place, Brompton. 1827 Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., Physician to the Queen, Physician in ordinary to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Consulting Physician to their Ma- jesties the King and Queen of the Belgians; Physician to St. George's Infirmary; 21, George-street, Hanover- square. t 183&9 F. Le Gros Clark, Esq., Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology at St. Thomas's Hospital; 45, Great Coram-street. 1835 James Clayton, Esq., 3, Percy-street, Bedford-square. 1827 John Clendinning, M.D., VICE-PRESIDENT, Physician to the St. Marylebone Infirmary; 16, J'Vimpole-street. 1835 *William Colborne, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts. 1818 Robert Cole, Esq., F.L.S., Holybourne, Hampshire. 1815 John Charles Collins, M.D., Swansea. 1828 John Conolly, M.D., Hanwell. 1839 John C. Cooke, M.D., Coventry. 1840 *William Robert Cooke, Esq., Northampton. 1805 Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart., F.R.S., Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen; Consulting Surgeon to Guy's Hospital; Conduit-street. 1817 Samuel Cooper, Esq., Professor of Surgery in University Col- lege, London; Surgeon to the Forces; to the North London Hospital; to the King's Bench and Fleet Prisons; and to the Bloomsbury Dispensary; 7, JVoburn-place. 1840 Bransby Blake Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy's Hos- pital; New-street, Spring-gardens. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at MCMASTER UNIV LIBRARY on June 10, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY.
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