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'''Samuel Wilmot''' (June 1772 – November |
'''Samuel Wilmot''' (June 1772 – November 9, 1848)<ref name=":0">[[Charles Cameron (physician)|Cameron, Sir Charles A.]] (1886) [https://archive.org/stream/b21443348#page/370/mode/2up/ ''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''] Dublin: Fannin & Co. pp. 370–373.</ref> [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] [[Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons|MRCSI]] was the president of the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] (RCSI) in 1815, 1832 and 1846.<ref name=":RCSI">[http://www.rcsi.ie/files/NOCA/20150413095216_RCSI%20Presidents%20Feb%202015.pdf RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784.] Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.</ref> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Wilmot entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] (TCD) in 1790 to study [[ |
Wilmot entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] (TCD) in 1790 to study [[medicine]]. He graduated MD and was [[Indentured servitude|indentured]] to [[William Hartigan (Irish surgeon)|William Hartigan]], Professor of [[Anatomy]] and [[Surgery]] in TCD. Wilmot's first appointment was to the [[County Meath|Meath]] [[Dispensary]] and in 1807 he was elected [[Surgeon]] to [[Mercer's Hospital]]. He was later appointed [[Surgeon]] to [[Dr Steevens' Hospital|Dr. Steevens' Hospital]]. Subsequently, he held positions in the [[Lock Hospital, Dublin|Lock]], [[Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital|Sir Patrick Dun's]], and [[Cork Street Fever Hospital, Dublin|Cork street]] Hospitals. He was also consulting surgeon to the [[Royal City of Dublin Hospital|City of Dublin Hospital]], and surgeon to the [[Royal Hospital, Donnybrook|Hospital for Incurables.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=February 1849|title=Memoir of Samuel Wilmot MD FRCSI|journal=Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science|volume=7|pages=254|doi=10.1007/BF02949647}}</ref> In 1824, he founded the [[Park Street School of Medicine]], and in 1826 was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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He resigned his professorship in 1848 |
He resigned his professorship in 1848 and died on 9 November of that year.<ref name=":0" /> |
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His [[obituary]] stated that Wilmot's expertise "was diseases of the [[Urinary system|urinary]] and [[Sex organ|genital]] [[organs]], in the treatment of which few, if any, excelled him. The delicacy of manipulation with which he managed such cases was only equaled by the sound practical knowledge and great experience which guided him. The greater portion of his department of the surgical course, at the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland|College of Surgeons]], consisted of the description and management of those affections."<ref name=":1" /> |
His [[obituary]] stated that Wilmot's expertise "was diseases of the [[Urinary system|urinary]] and [[Sex organ|genital]] [[organs]], in the treatment of which few, if any, excelled him. The delicacy of manipulation with which he managed such cases was only equaled by the sound practical knowledge and great experience which guided him. The greater portion of his department of the surgical course, at the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland|College of Surgeons]], consisted of the description and management of those affections."<ref name=":1" /> |
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Samuel Wilmot (June 1772 – November 9, 1848)[2] MD MRCSI was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1815, 1832 and 1846.[3]
Biography
[edit]Wilmot entered Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1790 to study medicine. He graduated MD and was indentured to William Hartigan, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in TCD. Wilmot's first appointment was to the Meath Dispensary and in 1807 he was elected Surgeon to Mercer's Hospital. He was later appointed Surgeon to Dr. Steevens' Hospital. Subsequently, he held positions in the Lock, Sir Patrick Dun's, and Cork street Hospitals. He was also consulting surgeon to the City of Dublin Hospital, and surgeon to the Hospital for Incurables.[4] In 1824, he founded the Park Street School of Medicine, and in 1826 was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[2]
He resigned his professorship in 1848 and died on 9 November of that year.[2]
His obituary stated that Wilmot's expertise "was diseases of the urinary and genital organs, in the treatment of which few, if any, excelled him. The delicacy of manipulation with which he managed such cases was only equaled by the sound practical knowledge and great experience which guided him. The greater portion of his department of the surgical course, at the College of Surgeons, consisted of the description and management of those affections."[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
- ^ a b c Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. pp. 370–373.
- ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Memoir of Samuel Wilmot MD FRCSI". Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science. 7: 254. February 1849. doi:10.1007/BF02949647.
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