Excerpt from Sketches of the Lives and Work of the Honorary Medical Staff of the Manchester In rmary: From Its Foundation in 1752 to 1830, When It Became the Royal In rmary This work began with the preparation of a short paper on the early teaching of medical students in Manchester, and with no thought of book-making. Interest in the subject, however, widened my enquiries, and led to the collection of notes which I now publish at the request of many friends. The present time, when the removal of the Royal Infirmary from its Piccadilly site, where it has existed for close on 150 years, is about to take place, certainly seems appropriate for giving a collected account of the lives and work of some of the Physicians and Surgeons who were on the Honorary Medical Staff of the Hospital. The period of the Hospital's existence from its foundation in 1752 to the time when it received the Royal patronage, and became the Royal Infirmary in 1830, has been chosen because information concerning the medical men who lived in it is very scattered, and difficult of access, whereas fairly complete biographies of those members of the staff appointed to the Infirmary after 1830, who are no longer alive, are to be found in the medical and lay papers. No one knows better than I do, how scrappy many of the notes are, but, as I have found in the preparation of this book that a few facts are better than none, I have no hesitation in offering all that I know for the benefit of others who may do better work. I have given very full references in the text to my sources of information, but should like to acknowledge here, how usefull found Dr. Renaud's Short History of the Manchester Royal Infirmary in my work. Its most interesting account of the rise and progress of the hospital, taken from the official minute books, can be read by all with great pleasure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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