In memoriam : Dr. George Tupman Fincham / by George Cowell.

  • Cowell, George, 1836-1927.
Date:
[1890?]
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Credit: In memoriam : Dr. George Tupman Fincham / by George Cowell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    in iftlcmoriam. 2(-3 FEB 91 | DR. GrEOHGE TUPMAN FINCH AM, Our volume of Reports unfortunately again opens with a record of a much-regretted loss sustained by our staff—a loss which is tempered, however, by many cheering and enduring memories. The latest of our Consulting Physicians has gone to his rest, and it is our duty, whilst expressing the sorrow universally felt by colleagues and pupils alike, to endeavour, however imperfectly, to express in words some account of that life which is gone from us, and of that life's work and character which will live in the hearts of all who knew him. Dr. Fincham, like Dr. Eadcliffe, died somewhat suddenly. It had been noticed, however, that he had been failing in health for some months, and, as he suffered from aortic insufficiency, his friends were not free from anxiety about him. He had retired from practice some twelve months before, but he used still to show himself at the College of Physicians, and often attended the meetings of the House Committee of the West- minster Hospital, in the affairs of both of which institutions he continued to take the warmest interest. The immediate cause of death was probably the giving way of a small cerebral vessel, for he was found insensible and died a few hours afterwards, on May 26th, 1890, in his 73rd year. George Tupman Fincham was born on January 28th, 1818, at a house in Spring Gardens. He was the son of a medical man, By GEORGE COWELL.