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Grainger, Edward, 1797-1824, anatomist
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1797-1824
History
Born, Birmingham, 1797; educated in medicine by his father Edward Grainger, a surgeon of Birmingham; student at the united hospitals of St Thomas's and Guy's, 1816; dresser to Sir Astley Cooper; opened an anatomical school at St Saviour's Churchyard, Southwark, 1819; the school was successful, rivalling the hospital schools, and soon after opening moved to larger premises; built a theatre in Webb Street, 1821; joined by Dr John Armstrong and Richard Phillips, a chemist, 1821; built a larger theatre, and had nearly three hundred pupils, 1823; died from consumption at 26, 1824. Publications include: Medical and Surgical Remarks; including a description of a ... method of removing Polypi (London, 1815)
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0100 KCLCA
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F34231)