Thomas Rumley (c. 1792 – March 1856)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1841.[3]
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He was born in Dublin, the son of port inspector Forward Rumley.[4] In April 1811, he was indentured to John Kirby, and studied in the College and Kirby's schools. On 25 June 1815, he passed the Licentiate at RCSI, and on 9 November 1818, he was elected a Member. He engaged in surgical and medical practice, but did not become attached to any hospital.
In 1832 Rumley and A. Stokes were deputed to investigate a case of supposed cholera at Kingstown. Although neither of them had any previous experience of the disease, they pronounced the case to be one of Asiatic cholera. The inhabitants were annoyed that their town should be pronounced infected with cholera, and an infuriated mob attacked Stokes and Rumley, who narrowly escaped with their lives. Soon after this event cholera became epidemic in Ireland.[2]
Death
editHaving long suffered severely from gout, he died at his residence, 37 York-street, in March, 1856, and was interred on the 30th of that month in Glasnevin Cemetery.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
- ^ 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. 396-397.
- ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860). Board of Trinity College Dublin. 2009. p. 720. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Cameron, Charles A (1886). History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the Irish Schools of Medicine (PDF). Fannin and Company. pp. 396–397.
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