The Angier idea : November 1935 / Angier Chemical Co. Ltd.

  • Angier Chemical Co.
Date:
1935
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Credit: The Angier idea : November 1935 / Angier Chemical Co. Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bs sccoeegs eh Cental Cpe N our last issue of the Idea we dealt with the work of some physicians whose names are permanently estab- lished by the diseases described by them. In this issue we give a brief résumé of notable work done by Surgeons. ’ (© lles Ss cdpncts re ABRAHAM COLLES (1773-1843) was born in 1773 at Milmount, near Kilkenny, being descended from an English family. During his education in Kilkenny Grammar School, a flood swept away part of the house of a doctor, named Butler, and carried a work on anatomy into a field near Colles’s home. The boy picked it up, and so he chose the medical profession. He entered Dublin University in 1790, and was, at the same time, apprenticed to Dr. Woodroffe, resident surgeon in Steven’s Hospital. Having obtained the diploma of the Irish College of Surgeons in 1795, Colles studied at Edinburgh for two sessions, and graduated M.D. He went on foot from Edinburgh to London, where he remained, assisting Astley Cooper in his dissections, and attending the London Hospitals. In 1797, Colles returned to Dublin, where he became visiting physician to the Meath Hospital. In 1799 he gave up medicine, and was appointed resident surgeon to Steven’s Hospital. This he held till 1817, when he became visiting
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