Forum: Medical Occupations

Hello all, I have just received my long-awaited copy of Nursing Service from the National Archives. Very sadly, the Jessie Mackenzie to whom it refers is not MY Jessie Mackenzie. I am happy to pass it on to anyone who is researching Jessie MACKENZIE born 14 Dec 1874 Borve, Barvas, ROC. It is a 20...

Hi all, I am hoping I may get some clues about my grandmother Jessie MACKENZIE from the photo I have of her in her nursing uniform. Sometime between the 1911 census (when she is a bakers shop assistant & living in Shooters Hill) & her marriage in 1916 she trained to be a nurse & held this...

Dorothy (Emma) Stokes Dorothy (b. 1883) in Aston, Warwickshire. Parents were Richard. Stokes and Emma (Randell?/Allan?) Siblings were Alfred (1891-1916), Richard (1881-?) and Robert J. (1886-?). She is listed in the UK 1891 and UK 1901 Census living with her father and siblings. ...

Erm...is there a reason why there's not a topic heading in occupations for medical occupations or have I just not looked properly? I discovered that my Great Grandmother was a monthly nurse. Her job was to 'attend women during the first month after childbirth, aka 'Confinement Nurse'. Sometimes...

Hi - wondering if anyone knows how or where I can access an archive of the British Dental Journal? I can't find it on line (unlike the BMJ). Does anyone know if they routinely published obituaries in this publication? I am hoping to find something about Arthur Stanley Carter MRCS, LDS, LRCP...

Hi all Apologies in advance if this is not the right forum for this post - I was torn between this and the WW1 one... I have tried searching the forum for similar questions/answers to this, but without success. Hence my post. I have very recently received a small but highly significant...

One of my more recent ancestors was a pianist who was famous in classical music circles. She was my Nan's cousin and died in London, where she was born, in 1996, as far as we know without issue. A collection of her documents is held at the Callaway Centre, Australia. These were donated by her...

Hi I have an ancestor Robert DRYDEN who was a Veterinary Surgeon. He was born in Barton YORK in 1769 and stayed there until about 1800. He was in Nottinghamshire in 1802 but died in Cowpen NBL in 1851. Is there a register of UK vets? I am in Australia and thus restricted when it comes to...

My father's half-sister, Ethel Irene Primrose Garrad (1907 - 1970) was a nurse specialising in Mental Health. She ended up as Matron in a Mental Hospital in Sussex. I have found that she qualified in Bristol in the late 1920's, and also did some training at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham. But...

Does anyone know what medical care (if any) would have been available to the Ag Lab population in rural villages of England in the 1800 to 1850 era? Was there likely to have been a "doctor" in the closest market town who would make emergency horse and buggy trips to a village 3-4 miles away, for...

can somebody point me in the right direction please? i am looking for the above doctors medical school (were he qualified) his mb was obtained in 1893 and his chb in melbourne australia,in 1901 ,he is listed in loxton"s directory in 1911 , the very helpful,medical researcher who passed on this...

Hello, I am researching my GGGG uncle Thomas Edward BOWKETT, who was born 1805 at Bermondsey, and died 1874 at Poplar. He was a doctor at the Poplar Hospital for Accidents and had a practice at 2 Folkstone Terrace, East India Dock Road. He married Jane WATKINSON in 1834 and had 12 children,...

Are there any records available of a list of Surgeons for the above period. I am trying to find a surgeon named Grove who had died before 1841, I have been unable to find his first name or where he was a surgeon. The 1841 census shows a Susannah Grove b. 1794 a surgeons widow. I have traced...

I am reading the Penguin Classics edition of Cranford and came across a footnote on the above, which may be of interest. Surgeons had only separated from the Barbers and Surgeons Company of the City of London in 1745, and they drew teeth, treated wounds and performed amputations. They differed...

I have been trying to view an article on " Google books" for William Fairfax Spofforth, this is in "The Lancet" Vol 1 page 741, I think this is an obituary. Even though it says full view available, I can't access it ? Is it possible to contact anyone about this ? or would I be able to find this...

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Joseph had a son called John Charles Gibb who founded the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne I believe that Johns sister Emma Catherine Davey Gibb was my great great grandmother she married a railway station master called william reaveley. A bit of controversy was caused I am led to...