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See also:BART See also:SIR See also:RICHARD See also:QUAIN
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(1816-1898), Irish physician, was See also:born at See also:Mallow-on-the-See also:Blackwater, Co
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See also:Cork, on the 3oth of See also:October 1816
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He received his See also:early See also:education at See also:Cloyne, and was then apprenticed to a surgeon-See also:apothecary in See also:Limerick
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In 1837 he entered University See also:College, See also:London, where he graduated with high honours as M.B. in 1840, and as M.D
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(See also:gold See also:medal) in 1842
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Six years later he was chosen an assistant-physician to the See also:Brompton See also:Hospital for Diseases of the See also:Chest, and with that institution he retained his connexion until his See also:death, first as full (1855) and subsequently as consulting physician (1875)
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He became a See also:fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1851, and filled almost every See also:post of See also:honour it could offer except the See also:presidency, in the contest for which he was beaten by See also:Sir See also:Andrew See also:Clark in 1888
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He became physician-extraordinary to See also:Queen See also:Victoria in 189o, and was created a See also:baronet in the following See also:year
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He died in London on the 13th of See also:
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