Surgery in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century : as observed by an American surgeon of the old school / by J. Collins Warren.

  • Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Surgery in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century : as observed by an American surgeon of the old school / by J. Collins Warren. 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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    Mr. Key were appointed respectively to the chairs of anatomy and surgery, and the new school at Guy’s Hospital which has since been in existence was thus founded. Sir Astley became consulting surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in 1822, thus indicating that he was retiring from the more active work of his pro- fession. He died on Feb. 12, 1841, in the seventy- third year of his age. Dr. Reynolds did not attend the lectures on surgery alone, but acquired some knowledge at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, which was opened for service first in 1805, of the speci- alty in which he afterwards became so prominent. This date seems indeed to have marked the beginning of the period of specialization in medicine. London, June 17, 1816. Dear Sir, — I have received your letter this morning, which has given me much pleasure, and I have sat down to answer it while the feelings which your kind- ness has excited are still alive in my recollection. The business of London and Guy’s Hospital, to be sure, if properly attended to, occupies a very large proportion of a man’s time, but not so much that there is none left for the friends who remain behind him. I think that a pretty industrious attendance upon this [medical] department of the hospital during the winter has enabled me to obtain a good general ac- quaintance with the opinions of its physicians and the principles of English practice, which, I am convinced.