Papers of Henry Appleton, including:apprenticehip indenture of Henry Appleton Junr of Stockwell, Surrey, to Mr John Hemming of Kimbolton, Huntingdon, surgeon, apothecary and man-Midwife, 8 Oct 1832; London Ophthalmic Infirmary founded by John Cunningham Saunders, certificate of three months practice at the infirmary, Sep 1838; St Thomas Hospital certificates for the practice and operations of surgery as a dresser for six months, 2 Oct 1838; and the practice and operations of surgery as a pupil for six months, 5 Apr 1839; Guy's Hospital Medical School certificates of attendance as pupil to the physicisans' practice, 27 Apr 1839; attendance at lectures in botany, 31 Jul 1837; the theory and practice of medicine, 27 Apr 1839; midwifery and the diseases of women and children, and attended Guy's Lying-in Charity, and the treatment of puerperal and infantile diseases, 27 Apr 1839; materia medica and therapeutics, 27 Apr 1839; principles and practice of chemistry, 30 Apr 1839; the principles of the science of medical jurisprudence, 30 Apr 1839; lectures in surgery, Oct 1837-31 May 1839; courses of anatomy and operations, 22 Jun 1839 and dissections, 22 Jun 1839; Royal College of Surgeons certificate of membership, 3 Jun 1839; Apothecaries of the City of London, certificate of qualification to practice as an apothecary, 18 Apr 1839; certified copies of Royal College of Surgeons in London, certificate of membership, 3 Jun 1839; and of the Apothecaries of the City of London, qualification of practice as an apothecary, 18 Apr 1839, 19 Nov 1840. Also testimonial from Captain Phillip G King RN, Commissioner managing the affairs of the Australia Agriculture Company in New South Wales, 3 May 1841, certifying Appleton's service in the establishment of the Australia Agricultural Company at Port Stephens, as Assistant Surgeon, Jan – May 1841; New South Wales Medical Board Certificate as legally qualified Medical Practioner, 9 Jun 1841; University of Aberdeen certificate (in Latin), 1850; certificate of instruction at the establishment of John Charles Thorrowgood, Totteridge, Herts, in classics, mathematics, and the usual branches of a liberal education, from Aug 1825-Jun 1832, 20 Feb 1850, and accompanying letter from Thorrowgood to Appleton, 20 Feb 1850; testimonial of Gilbert Blight recording Appleton's practise in Hackney, London, as a surgeon since 1842, 2 Apr 1850.
