Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
297
Royal College of Physicians
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | Other relations included her maternal great-grandfather, Dr Thomas Kingsbury, who was President of the Royal College of Physicians
and physician to Jonathan Swift
. The gothic novelist Charles Robert Maturin
, best known for Melmoth... |
| Occupation | Judith Drake | Sloane was president of the College of Physicians
. JD
was summoned to appear before a college board, and she defended herself with vigour by letter against the accusation that her medicine was poison: as... |
| politics | Sophia Jex-Blake | She aimed to establish credibility for a female medical college by gathering an impressive group of physicians. They included the editor of the British Medical Journal, Ernest Hart
, Thomas Henry Huxley
, Dr... |
| Textual Production | Hester Shaw | Sixty midwives participated in this action, though it is not known who wrote the petition. It was presented to the king
, the College of Physicians
, and the Archbishop of Canterbury
. |
| Textual Production | Bathsua Makin | The Bodleian Library
holds poems by BM
(not indexed under M); the British Library
has a copy of Musa Virginea with a note on the final page in her writing. The Huntington Library
has her... |
Timeline
1518: The College of Physicians was chartered in...
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1518
The College of Physicians
was chartered in London, and Thomas Linacre
became its first president.
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
(1995): 1474
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 692-3
February 1721: Smallpox seemed to go forth like a Destroying...
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February 1721
Smallpox seemed to go forth like a Destroying Angel in England.
Maitland, Charles. Mr Maitland’s Account of Inoculating the Small Pox. Printed for the author by J. Downing and to be sold by J. Roberts, 1722.
3
Ola Elizabeth Winslow titles her book on the smallpox epidemic in Boston from Cotton Mather
's quotation of this phrase from Charles Massey
's pamphlet.
By December 1751: There was published anonymously The Petition...
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By December 1751
There was published anonymously The Petition of the Unborn Babes to the Censors of the Royal College of Physicians
of London.
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
5: 516
Griffiths, Ralph, 1720 - 1803, and George Edward Griffiths, editors. Monthly Review. R. Griffiths.
6: 318
1754: The Royal College of Physicians made public...
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1754
The Royal College of Physicians
made public their official approval of inoculation for smallpox, as introduced to England by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
thirty-three years before.
Hopper, Karine. “Doctors, Ministers, and Women Novelists: The Effect of Print on the Inoculation Debate in the later Eighteenth Century”. Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) Conference, Quebec City, QC, 24 Oct. 2002.
1800: The College of Surgeons in London received...
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1800
The College of Surgeons in London received a royal charter and became the Royal College of Surgeons
.
Porter, Roy. English Society in the Eighteenth Century. Penguin, 1982.
91
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 692-3
1 January 1828: The Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons expanded...
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1 January 1828
The Colleges of Physicians
and Surgeons
expanded the requirements for membership to include two courses of lectures on obstretrics.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
6
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
145
Early 1859: The Obstetrical Society of London was fo...
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Early 1859
The Obstetrical Society of London was founded.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
66-7
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
57
1861: The Royal College of Physicians made midwifery...
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1861
The Royal College of Physicians
made midwifery a required topic for their licence.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
149
1989: Dame Margaret Elizabeth Harvey Turner-Warwick...
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1989
Dame Margaret Elizabeth Harvey Turner-Warwick
became the first woman elected president of the Royal College of Physicians
. She held the post until 1992.
“RCP History: Presidents”. Royal College of Physicians.
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