Ellis, Stewart Marsh. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu, and Others. Books for Libraries Press, 1931.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| death | Dorothy Richardson | There was neither a burial nor a memorial ceremony. DR
's body, which she had donated to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
, was returned to her family more than two years later... |
| Dedications | Charlotte Riddell | She dedicated it to Frederick C. Skey
, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Helen Mathers | The son of a naval architect, Henry Reeves was born at Calcutta in India. He was educated at the grammar school at St Albans and at the Middlesex Hospital in London, and it... |
| Literary responses | Harriet Martineau | The Athenæum's editor, Charles Wentworth Dilke
, commissioned a reply that was attributed to the president of the Royal College of Surgeons
, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie
. The response argued that HM
was... |
| Occupation | Harriet Shaw Weaver | Davies-Colley (who was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
) and Chadburn, overwhelmed and over-worked at their Harley Street Women's Hospital
, asked HSW
to help them lead... |
| Performance of text | Anne Hunter | Haydn had taken with him an anonymous English libretto (based on the book of Genesis, the Psalms, and Milton
's Paradise Lost) when he left England in 1795. From this Gottfried van Swieten |
| politics | Sophia Jex-Blake | The Council of the College of Surgeons
decided to admit SJB
and two of her colleagues to the examination in midwifery; at this the examiners resigned. Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990. 72 |
| Publishing | Maria Edgeworth | ME
intended her fiction to serve the same broadly didactic purpose, adapted to each rank of society and period of life, as did the directly educational writings in which she collaborated with her father. Butler, Marilyn. Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography. Clarendon, 1972. 287 |
| Textual Features | Hilary Mantel | Charles Byrne
travelled from Ireland to London at the end of the eighteenth century to put himself on display as a freak or monster. Though he took ingenious steps to try to keep his body... |
| Textual Production | Anne Hunter | AH
left four manuscript volumes of poetry, three now at the Royal College of Surgeons
and one at Aberdeen University
. Hunter, Anne. The Life and Poems of Anne Hunter, Haydn’s Tuneful Voice. Editor Grigson, Caroline, Liverpool University Press, 2009. xviii |
| Wealth and Poverty | Ethel Wilson | In 1931, Wallace Wilson
was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
. His practice was now located on West Georgia Street, a desirable area of Vancouver. In a... |
Timeline
1460: Those London barbers who also practised as...
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1460
Those London barbers who also practised as surgeons incorporated a company to protect their interests.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 693
1511: An English Act of Parliament restricted surgery...
National or international item
1511
An English Act of Parliament restricted surgery to qualified persons.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
10: 693
1745: Surgeons in England broke away from the Barbers'...
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1745
Surgeons in England broke away from the Barbers' Company to found their own corporation, the College of Surgeons
.
Porter, Roy, editor. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
91
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
1843: The College of Surgeons became the Royal...
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1843
The College of Surgeons became the Royal College of Surgeons
.
Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
12
1851: The Royal College of Surgeons set up the...
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1851
The Royal College of Surgeons
set up the first male midwifery course in London and excluded female midwives.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
501
December 1852: The first examination for the Midwifery Licence...
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December 1852
The first examination for the Midwifery Licence of the College of Surgeons
was held.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
64
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
149
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
57
1859: The Royal College of Surgeons introduced...
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1859
The Royal College of Surgeons
introduced a Licence in Dental Surgery.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
61
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
1871: Dr Robert Fowler published his account of...
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1871
Dr Robert Fowler
published his account of the widely publicized case of Sarah Jacob
, a fourteen year-old who died from starvation associated with girlhood hysteria.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
69
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Fasting Girls. Harvard University Press, 1988.
64-73, 76-7
1911: The Royal College of Surgeons admitted its...
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1911
The Royal College of Surgeons
admitted its first woman, Eleanor Davies-Colley
, who later founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children
.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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