See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM WITHEY See also:

• GULL (Welsh gwylan, Breton, goelann, whence Fr. goeland)
• SIR WILLIAM WITHEY GULL

GULL  , 1st See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (1816-1890), See also:

• ENGLISH

English physician, was the youngest son of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• GULL (Welsh gwylan, Breton, goelann, whence Fr. goeland)
• GULL, SIR WILLIAM WITHEY

Gull, a See also:

• BARGE (Med. Lat. barca, possibly connected with Lat. baris, Gr. flaps, a boat used on the Nile)

barge-owner and wharfinger of See also:

• THORPE [or TnoRP], JOHN (/l. 1570-1618)
• THORPE, BENJAMIN (1782-1870)

Thorpe-le-Soken, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 31st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1816 at See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester . He began See also:

• LIFE

life as a schoolmaster, but in 1837 See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

Harrison, the treasurer of See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, who had noticed his ability, brought him up to See also:

• LONDON

London from the school at See also:

• LEWES
• LEWES, CHARLES LEE (1740–1803)

Lewes where he was See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

usher, and gave him employment at the hospital, where he also gained permission to attend the lectures . In 1843 he was made a lecturer in the medical school of the hospital, in 1851 he was chosen an assistant physician, and in 1856 he became full physician . In 1847 he was elected Fullerian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology in the Royal Institution, retaining the See also:

• POST

post for the usual three years, and in 1848 he delivered the Gulstonian Lectures at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Physicians, where he filled every See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour but that of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president . He died in London on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1890 after a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of paralytic strokes, the first of which had occurred nearly three years previously . He was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1872, in recognition of the skill and care he had shown in attending the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales during his attack of typhoid in 1871 . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Gull's fame rested mainly on his success as a clinical practitioner; as he said himself, he was " a clinical physician or nothing." This success must be largely ascribed to his remarkable See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of observation, and to the See also:

• GREAT

great opportunities he enjoyed for gaining experience of disease . He was sometimes accused of being a disbeliever in drugs . That was not the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, for he prescribed drugs like other physicians when he considered them likely to be beneficial . He See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, however, that their See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was only a See also:

• PART

part of the physician's duties, and his See also:

• MENTAL

mental honesty and outspokenness prevented him from deluding either himself or his patients with unwarranted notions of what they can do . But though he regarded See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine as primarily an See also:

• ART

art for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical suffering, he was far from disregarding the scientific See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his ' The word " gulf," a portion of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea partially enclosed by the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• LINE

line, and usually taken as referring to a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• WATER

water larger than a See also:

• BAY

bay and smaller than a sea, is derived through the Fr. golfe, from See also:

• LATE

Late Gr. s6X 'os, class .

Gr . Kogiros, bosom, hence bay, cf . See also:

• LAT

Lat. sinus . I.n University See also:

• SLANG

slang, the See also:

• TERM

term is used of the position of those who fail to obtain a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the honours See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list at a public examination, but are allowed a "pass."profession, and he made some real contributions to medical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science .