NUGEE CHIRURGICIE OR, A BIOGRAPHICAL MIS CE L L ANY IL L USTRATIVE OF A COL L E CTION flamfwfiia na l fiaottmiw. D E S F M W A D . L B y W . I LLIA , Q . E K S U R G E O N E XT R AO R D I N A RY T O T H I N G, L L F S R S L D F E L L O W O F T H E R OY A L C O E G E O U G EO N , O N O N , I I A N D O F T H E S O C I E T E D E M E D E C I N E , PA R I S . iLnnh nn H I CH L AN D 2 5 PA L IA M PRI NTE D BY JO N N O S SON, , R ENT STREET ; A N D SOL D BY B URS T M B W A N D G PA R W L ON G MAN, , REES , OR E , RO N, REEN , TERNOSTER O ; W L P I NC H . A ND CAL L OW A N D I SON , R ES STREET, SO O 824 1 . “ I P R E F A C E . THE following pages owe th eir o r igin to a coll ee Po r tr a its u u w h ic h tion of Professional , the n cle s of a to u s was set of prints , given the a thor ten year y h is x . F u ago , by e cellent friend Mr a ntlero , of a n d Berners Street, which , from that period , has o f u u desul been a so u rce am sement , by f rnishing a tory occu pation for his pencil , as well as for his pen , at leis u re ho u rs . A catalogu e is the natu ral res ult of a co llec h a s tion , and as the latter increased , the former keeping pace with it has grown til l it has become i n z r respectable , at least si e, if not endered inter esting by some c u rio u s a n d facetio u s anecdotes with which it i s i nterspersed . In a s the compil tion of thi work , i t has been the ’ ” a u thor s endeavo u r to blend the u tile with the ” u su d fa r d lce ; and he has at least ccee ed , so as d u u regar s himself, i n acq iring an acq aintance with m il ’ the Medici f a y (not Mr . Roscoe s and has familiarised hi mself both with the learned and the u u r o ignorant, the reg lars and the irreg lars , of his p fessio n s m ; in hort , with what may be deno inated the Rep ublic of Medicine : for he has looked at them I is a a c w o h o f n o ce h a th e Ho use o f Med ci e t f t rt y ti , t t i b a r o n th e co a o s ive lls Wh o n o ws but h a th ll s ir t f a rm j pi . k t t is i u tr i o us a m l a n d co n se u en tl th e r ev v a l o f lea r n n in Eu o e f i y, q y i i g r p , m a yh a v e o w ed th eir o r igi n to so m e m edica l m a n o f a n tiqu ity A 2 PRE FA C E . l x’ ‘ til he cou ld iden tifv the very w ig s that wou ld s u have met together i n a con ltation , from the time of Radcliffe and Garth down to Pitcairn a n d F0 th er ill g . A n d u u here the a thor wo ld fain deprecate, in d the words of Andrew Bor e , the anger of those u d s x m u Egregio s octors , and ma ters of the e i io s ” a n d m arcane science of Physic, who ight other wise ex asperate themselves against hi m for writing ” u r e of this little vol me , by stating, that he has fr a in ed from descanting u pon the merits of living u few characters , f rther than by transcribing i n some e instanc s, the testimony that others have borne to a d their worth n abilities . Shou ld the a uthor s u cceed in this h u mble attempt ; u d be u u sho l , by means of this work , or any f t re con tin u a tio n u u u of it, resc e from d mb forgetf lness even a few of th ose who have bee n comprehended within the circle of his own personal acqu aintance ; or should the s u bject attract the attention of others better q u alified than himself to do j u stic e to the m oral worth a n d intellect ual endowments of the u ul u most sef class of men of science and literat re, he will not consider either that his time has been ill ffi employed , or that his o ce has been altogether u nprofitable . Th e wi i n o m e t m es w a s lo o ed u o n a s n o i n co n g, f r r i , k p sider a ble pa r t o f th e i n sig n ia o f th e Ph ysicia n ; ev en i n th e m iddle o f th e la st cen tu r y so m u ch i m po r ta n ce w a s a tta ch ed to ' ’ klesb s a r e s bo w a s a ccus o m ed to ca r a it th a . Br o c , t Dr y b b r y t ry ’ b a n d- bo x th o u h h h ch a n e excla m n Ma e w a fo r r g ig g , i i g, k y ’ les s w i Dr . Br o ck jgy g " M E M O I R S , ME DICA L A ND CHI URGI A L R C . THY F ABE RNE , JOHN , . R . S . ’ a S u rgeon to St . B rtholomew s Hospital . U . AB RA HAMS , GALEN S Ma sch er in e P . a n a s M . V G a t o p s . Born 1 62 2 . Died A CA D E MI A D I CIME N TO . PORTRA ITS . ADA IR T , ROBER , Esq . A b J bo t in . F . x J Jo s 0 n e 3 . 1 1 . p . 79 u S rgeon to the forces at the siege of Quebec . ADAMS , JOS . M . D . to Po x u s Physician the Small I noc lation Ho pitals . W a dd a d u m IV. i del v v . 1 79 6 . 1 6 . d Born 7 5 Die 1 81 8. The you ngest son of a respectable m edical pr a c titio n er i n the city , and may be said to have entered u into, and contin ed i n the world , for threescore u years , in a constant and familiar interco rse with e very possible appendage to the h ealing art ; h o s B Q pita ls a n d lecture- rooms were the scene of action w u ith hi m from the cradle to the grave . Infl enced , s however, both by a love and taste for cla sical litera u be t re, aimed at the higher branches of the pro fessio n 1 6 m , and , i n 79 , he obtained a diplo a, and was ad m itted a Licentiate of the College of Phy sicia n s . x s He was an e cellent Physician , an accompli hed a n d scholar, a good man . T . ADAMS , JOHN I LL, M D Silhouette by A mes . 1 86 . Born 1 74 8. Died 7 JE GINE TA . , PAULUS u t W ood c . He flou rished in the fou rth centu ry ; is the first a u thor that notices the cathartic q u ality of rh u barb ; and the first medical pra ctitioner that deserves the - f title of Man midwi e . useu Br itish M m . G C . AGRI OLA , W c ut ood . Born 1 494 . Died 1 555 . ’ — Hutch nso n s B o Br t sh Museum . i i g . i i C AGRI OLA , JOHAN . fE ta t . 54, 1 643. Pr a i i ien sis . ct cu Med Doctor s L ps . ’ s o Hutchin so n Bi g . 3 N C . AGRI OLA , GEORG . A DREAS ta t. 1 1 1 . fE 4 1 , 7 ’ L c B a r n a r d o l se.