The history of the surgeons' company, 1745–1800. By Cecil Wall, M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., Thomas Vicary Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1935. With a Foreword by Sir D'Arcy Power, K.B.E., Hon. Librarian and Hunterian Trustee. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Demy 8vo. Pp. 256, with Frontispiece and 9 other illustrations. 1937. London : Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, 10s. 6d. net
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1938
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
THE period under review covers the life and activities of the Company of Surgeons. I t is the interval between the separation of the Surgeons from the Company of Barber Surgeons in 1745 and their incorporation as the Royal College of Surgeons in 1800 by George the Third.
Good records of this period still exist, and Dr. Cecil Wall has gathered them together in a convenient form, for which students of the History of Surgery will be grateful.
As might be expected, one of the most important parts of the book deals with the steps that led up to the separation, and then with the details of the separation itself. Then comes an account of the activities of the new Company, of their place of meeting, their possessions,
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