Richard Partridge FRS, FRCS was a British surgeon. Although he became President of both the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, he is best known for his part in apprehending the London Burkers gang and for failing to spot a bullet lodged in Giuseppe Garibaldi's leg.
Richard Partridge in 1873
The muscles of the face. From an article by Partridge in Bentley's Cyclopaedia (1839)
Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1866, four years after surviving a bullet wound misdiagnosed by Partridge
Auguste Nélaton, whose porcelain-tipped probe was key to saving Garibaldi's leg
Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales. The college is located at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It publishes multiple medical journals including the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Faculty Dental Journal, and the Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Organisation headquarters in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
Royal College of Surgeons, Court of Examiners (1894) by Henry Jamyn Brooks
The main exhibit room, Hunterian Museum, woodblock engraving by T.H.Shepperd & E.Radclyffe, London, 1853 (Dr. Nuno Carvalho de Sousa collection, Lisbon)
The skeleton of the seven and a half feet (230 cm) tall "Irish Giant" is visible in the middle of this image.
