Volume 3

The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London : comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals .. / by William Munk.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1878-
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Credit: The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London : comprising biographical sketches of all the eminent physicians whose names are recorded in the Annals .. / by William Munk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to his death, which occurred at his house in Cavendish- square, from inflammation of the larynx, on the 7th Apri], 1835. He was buried at St. Alban's.^'' Sir George TuthiU was a sound classical scholar and a good chemist. He was one of the most active members of the commit- tee for the preparation of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis of 1824, and was responsible for the language of the work itself An English version of that work by Sir George Tuthill appeared coincidently with the original. He was also engaged on the Pharmacopoeia of 1836, but died the year before it appeared. Under a cold exterior, Sir George Tuthill carried a very warm heart, and was much beloved by his patients and friends. He was pecuharly straightforward in his transactions, and was always actuated by the finest feelings of a gen- tleman and honourable man. His friendship was not readily given; it was never slightly withdrawn. Sir George was strictly a sententious speaker; he spoke in quick, short sentences, seldom uttering a word more than the occasion required, or omitting one that was necessary.t Benjamin Eobinson, M.D., was born at York. He graduated doctor of medicine at Edinburgh, 13th Sep- tember, 1802 (D.M.I, de Hernia inguinali), and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians, 30th * Erant in TutMllio pluriiriEe litterae, nec ese vulgares, sed recon- dite. Brant illi ex severa disciplina derivata et penitus animo infixa ea Matlieseos principia, qiiEe ad philosophiam colendam plane necessaria sunt. Testes est Cantabrigia, qaaa primi ordinis honores ei detulerat. Testes vos estis, qui in Pharmacopoeia ista olim con- denda, et in altera jam in Incem proditura auxilinm ejus apprime utile cognovistis—et quicquid e chemia feliciter liauserat gumma modestia sum mo tamen studio prolatum. Erat in Ulo, porro, gravitas sine severitate, et cunctatio qusedam respondendi, ut nihil non consideratum exiret ab ore. Accedebat, etiam, judicium acre, limatum, exercitatum et benignitas quEedam et dementia quae eum ad mentis morbos ti-actandos prse cseteris aptum habilemque reddi- derant. Oratio ex Harveii Instituto auctore Henr. Halford, Bart. 1835. . t Gent. Mag., July, 1835.