Wormald, Thomas (1802-1873)

Copies of two letters (on one sheet of paper) from Thomas Wormald addressed to the President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England strongly protesting and questioning the legality of the "John Hunter Club" which he claims has been formed by some Fellows of the RCS with the aim of controlling elections to the Council of the RCS, Jun 1849; letter from Frances Wormald, widow of Thomas, to T Madden Stone, replying to Stone's request for a photograph of her late husband, undated but probably 1873 or 1874.

1849 and c.1873

2 items

Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); no accession number assigned but possibly part of the purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection (see undated letter MS.8007/62/2).

Surgeon, anatomical artist. No further biographical details found.