James Henthorn
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James Henthorn (1744 – 28 December 1832)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1822.[3]
James Henthorn was appointed Surgeon to the House of Industry Hospitals, on 7 December. He was a member of the Dublin Society of Surgeons, and his name is in the first Charter granted to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) College in 1784. Cameron states: 'here is every reason to believe that the real founders of the College were the elder Dease and Henthorn.[2] He discharged the duties of Secretary to the College for the long period of nearly forty-nine years. Henthorn was Surgeon to the Lock Hospital. When he became a Governor of the House of Industry Hospitals he was mainly instrumental in inducing the Government to erect the Richmond, Hardwicke, and Fever Hospitals.[citation needed]
Henthorn published some very good papers on the Treatment of Syphilis in the Dublin Hospital Reports for 1808–9. Henthorn was a most amiable man, an agreeable and interesting companion, and warm-hearted friend. A full-sized portrait of Henthorn, painted by Cregan, is placed beside a similar one of Benny's in the College meeting-room ; they are the only full-sized portraits which the College possess.[2]
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References
- ^ 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. 377-378.
- ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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