Life of Sir William Broadbent, bart., K.C.V.O. : physician extraordinary to H.M. Queen Victoria, physician in ordinary to the King and to the Prince of Wales / edited by his daughter, M.E. Broadbent.

  • Broadbent, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1835-1907.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Life of Sir William Broadbent, bart., K.C.V.O. : physician extraordinary to H.M. Queen Victoria, physician in ordinary to the King and to the Prince of Wales / edited by his daughter, M.E. Broadbent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I LONGWOOD EDGE PAGE Birth of William Henry Broadbent. The Broadbent Family. Life at Lindley and Longwood Edge. John Broadbent. His Conversion to Methodism. Removal to Longwood Edge. William Broadbent's early Education. Distaste for Business. Ambition to be a Doctor. Apprenticeship to a Doctor at Manchester (1852). Matriculated at London University. A Lawsuit. Twenty-first Birthday. First Patients. Early Letters to his Sister. Views on Reading and Letter-writing. Lectures at the Royal School of Medicine. Prizes. Failure to get an Appointment. Decides to go to Paris ..... i CHAPTER H PARIS Arrival at Paris. Sojourn with the Delilles. His Life at Paris —at the Hospitals. Progress in French. His Desire for Knowledge. A Christmas Letter. The Attempt to assas- sinate the Emperor. Sees the Emperor. Questions as to his Future. Leaves Paris. Friendship with the Delilles 28 CHAPTER HI ST MARY's HOSPITAL London. Examination for London M.B. Obstetric Officer at St Mary's. Life at St Mary's in 1859. A Sister's Stories. Other Appointments. His Appointment at St Mary's extended. Walter Coulson. Appointed Resident Medical Officer at St Mary's. Appointed Registrar at St Mary's. Refused Admission to the College of Physicians without Examination. Appointed Curator at St Mary's, and starts practice in London at No. 23 Upper Seymour Street with his sister as housekeeper . . . . .41