In memoriam Frederick William Pavy M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P.

  • Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet
Date:
1913
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Credit: In memoriam Frederick William Pavy M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The writer is not able to go farther back in Dr. Pavy’s case than the time when he was a junior Assistant Physician. In the early sixties the members of the staff of Guy’s Hospital were all separately photographed by Messrs. Maull & Polyblank, who took full-length portraits of carte-de-visite size. Dr. Pavy is seen as a rather slender figure of medium height, with a large head, broad high forehead, the hair somewhat scanty above, but in curly masses on either side; he has whiskers, but is otherwise clean shaven. He wears the wide-lapelled frock coat, the open double-breasted waistcoat, and the cravat tied in a large bow, which he wore until old age. He must have been then 33 or 34 years of age. A larger photograph, probably taken about the same time, and representing him standing at a table with microscope, rabbit, and dissecting case in front of him, is in the possession of his family. At the time of his retirement from Guy’s in 1890, the Guy's Hospital Gazette reproduced a photograph by Jerrard. It must have been taken a few years previously, as it has the appearance of a man of not more than 52 or 53 years of age. It is a head and shoulders only, and the face is nearly profile. The head is still well covered with hair, which forms wavy masses at the back, the thin lips are firmly compressed, and the face wears a slight smile of satisfaction and contentment. The portrait which accompanies this memoir is a photogra- vure reproduction by the Swan Electric Engraving Co. of an oil painting by Percy Bigland. The picture hangs on the wall of the staircase leading to the Court Boom of Guy’s Hospital, and represents him shortly after his retirement from the active Staff. It is a sitting figure, with left three-quarter face. There is less hair than formerly, and it is less bushy behind; the expression is the same as in the preceding, and the costume, with the wide expanse of shirt front, and the black bow are the same. The obituary notice of Dr. Pavy in the Lancet was accom- panied by a reproduction of a portrait by Messrs. Maull & Fox, of 187, Piccadilly, who have been good enough to inform
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