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James Henthorn

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"The College of Surgeons, Dublin". 1837.[1]

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 December 7. He was a member of the Dublin Society of Surgeons, and his name is in the first charter granted to the RCSI in 1784. Sir Charles Cameron states: "there is every reason to believe that the real founders of the college were the elder Dease and Henthorn."[2] Henthorn was Surgeon at the Lock Hospital. When he became a Governor of the House of Industry Hospitals, he played the key role in inducing the Government to erect the Richmond, Hardwicke, and Fever Hospitals.[4]

Henthorn published papers on the treatment of syphilis in the Dublin Hospital Reports for 1808–9. A full-sized portrait of Henthorn, painted by Martin Cregan, is placed in the college meeting-room. [citation needed]

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  1. ^ Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ Garlock, Kristen L.; Landis, William E.; Piontek, Sherry. "Redefining access to scholarly journals: A progress report on JSTOR". Serials Review. 23 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/s0098-7913(97)90002-2. ISSN 0098-7913.