Physicians of the Radcliffe Infirmary

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Physicians & Surgeons of the Radcliffe Infirmary


The original staff, elected in September 1770

Elected Physicians:

  • Dr John Kelly (Regius Professor, died 1772)
  • Dr William Lewis (died 1772)
  • Dr Foulkes (resigned on day Infirmary opened)
  • Dr John Smith (resigned 1782)
  • Dr William Vivian (Regius Professor from 1772, resigned 1795)

Elected Surgeons:

  • Mr Hacker
  • Mr Henry Towsey (to 1811)
  • Mr John Grosvenor (resigned 1817)
  • Mr (later Sir) Charles Nourse (resigned 1780)

Elected Apothecary:

  • Isaac Cabell
Some later elections

1772: Dr John Parsons (physician)

1775: Dr Martin Wall (physician)

1775: Mr John Langford (surgeon)

Memorial to Martin Wall

Sacred to the memory of MARTIN WALL, M.D., once a Fellow of this College and a simple, liberal, and learned and truly Christian man, who when he had worked at the honest practice of medicine for almost fifty years, greatly lamented by all the good poor people whom he had helped with work and consultation, much missed he returned his soul to God at the age of 77 and died on 21 June in the year of our salvation 1824. The Warden and Fellows of this College put up this testimony of remembrance to his merits

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