See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• BART SIR HENRY THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

THOMPSON  . (1820-1904), See also:

• ENGLISH

English surgeon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FRAMLINGHAM

Framlingham, See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 182o . His See also:

• FATHER

father wished him to enter business, but circumstances ultimately enabled him to follow his own See also:

• DESIRE

desire of becoming a physician, and in 1848 he entered the medical school of University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London . There he had a brilliant career, and obtained his degree at London University in 1851 with the highest honours in See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy and See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery . In 1851 he married See also:

• MISS

Miss Kate Loder, a talented pianist, who, though stricken with See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis soon afterwards, was always a devoted helpmate to him . In 1853 he was appointed assistant surgeon at University College See also:

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

Hospital, becoming full surgeon in 1863, See also:

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

professor of clinical surgery in 1866, and consulting surgeon in 1874 . In 1884 he became professor of surgery and See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology in the Royal College of Surgeons, which in 1852 had awarded him the Jacksonian See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the Pathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra, and again in 186o for another on the See also:

• HEALTH

Health and Morbid Anatomy of the Prostate Gland, These two See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs indicate the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of medical practice to which he devoted his See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . Specializing in the surgery of the genito-urinary See also:

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

tract, and in particular in that of the -See also:

• BLADDER (from A.S. blaeddre, connected with bl¢wan, to blow, cf. Ger. blase)

bladder, he went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to study under Civiale, who in the first See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century proved that it is possible to crush a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone within the human bladder, and after his return he soon acquired a high reputation as a skilful operator in that lass of disease . In 1863, when the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Belgians was suffering from stone, he was called to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels to consult in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, and after some difficulties was allowed to perform the operation of lithotrity: this was quite successful, and in recognis tion of his skill See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson was appointed surgeon-extraordinary to the king, an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment which was continued by See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold II . Nearly ten years later he carried out a similar operation on the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, who, however, died four days after the second crushing, not from the surgical interference, as was proved by the See also:

• POST

post-mortem examination, but from uraemic poisoning . Besides devising various operative improvements in the treat ment of the disorders which were his speciality, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Thompson wrote various books and papers dealing with them, including Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Urinary See also:

• ORGANS

Organs, See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical Lithotomy and Lithotrity, Tumours of the Bladder, Suprapubic Lothotomy, and Preventive Treatment of Calculous Disease . Among other books of a medical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character that came from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen were See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

Food and Feeding, and See also:

• DIET

Diet in Relation to See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age and Activity, both of which passed through a number of See also:

• EDITIONS

editions .

In 1874 he took a foremost See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the See also:

• CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

Cremation Society of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, of which he was the first See also:

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

president; and not only was he active in urging the advantages of cremation as a means of disposing of the See also:

• BODY

body after See also:

• DEATH

death, but also did much towards the removal of the legal restrictions by which it was at first sought to prevent its practice in England . On various occasions he denounced the slackness and inefficiency of the methods of death-certification prevalent in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and in 1892 his agitation was instrumental in procuring the appointment of a select See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee to inquire into the See also:

• MATTER

matter; its See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, published in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, in great measure confirmed his criticisms and approved the remedies he suggested . But See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

• HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy)

hygiene by no means exhaust the 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 of Sir Henry Thompson's activities . In See also:

• ART

art he was an accomplished sketcher and, moreover, an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur of See also:

• PAINTING

painting whose pictures were hung at the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy and the Paris See also:

• SALON

Salon . About 187o he began to get together his famous collection of See also:

• CHINA

china, in particular of old See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• NANKING (" the southern capital ")

Nanking; this in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time became so large that he could no longer find See also:

• ROOM

room for it, and most of it was sold . A See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of it, illustrated by himself and Mr See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT

Whistler, was published in 1878 . In his famous " octaves " he may be said to have elevated the giving of See also:

• DINNER

dinner parties into a See also:

• FINE

fine art . The number of courses and of guests was alike eight, and both were selected with the utmost care and discrimination to promote the " feast of See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason and the flow of soul." In literature, in addition to more serious See also:

• WORKS

works, he produced two novels—Charley See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston's Aunt (1885) and All But (1886)—which met with considerable success . In See also:

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

science he became a devotee of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, and for a time maintained a private See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory in his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Molesey . He further did much to promote astronomical study in Great Britain by presenting See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich Observatory with some of the finest See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments now among its equipment, his gifts including a photoheliograph of 9-in. See also:

• APERTURE (from Lat. aperire, to open)

aperture; a 3o-in. reflecting See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope, and a large refracting telescope having an See also:

• OBJECT

object-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass of 26-in. See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and a See also:

• FOCAL

focal length of 221 ft . The offer of the last See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument was made in 1894 . Its manufacture was undertaken by Sir See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard Grubb of See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and its erection was completed in 1897 .

It added greatly to the instrumental resources of Greenwich, especially for photographic See also:

• WORK

work, and its importance may be gauged from the fact that both in aperture and focal length it is See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double the See also:

• SIZE

size of any instrument possessed by the observatory at the time it was put in See also:

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

place . That Sir Henry Thompson, who was knighted in 1867, received a baronetcy in 1899 was probably not unconnected with the presentation of this telescope to the See also:

• NATIONAL

national observatory . Thompson died on the 18th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1904 . His See also:

• FAMILY

family consisted of an only son, See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert, a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister and well-known egyptologist, who succeeded to the baronetcy, and two daughters, of whom the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder (author of a valuable Handbook to the Public Picture Galleries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, first published in 1877), married See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

Archdeacon See also:

• WATKINS

Watkins of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, and the younger married the Rev . H. de Candole .