It was his sympathy with the poor of London and a suggestion from Mr. Thomas Wakley of The Lancet, of which he acted for a time as sub-editor, which first led him to take up skin diseases as a special study.

Wakley's three sons survived him, and the Lancet remained in Wakley hands for two more generations.

Wakley also argued for medical coronerships, and when they were established he was elected Coroner for West Middlesex in 1839.

Wakley campaigned against flogging as a punishment for many years.

Before burial the vicar communicated with Wakley, who issued a warrant for an inquest.

Its founder, Thomas Wakley initially supported Elliotson but quickly changed his mind, considering the mesmeric subjects and experiments rather too ' unruly ' for his taste.

By the 1820s and 1830s, well-known liberals like Thomas Wakley and other radical editors of The Lancet were using Paley's aging examples to attack the establishment's control over medical and scientific education in Durham, London, Oxford and Cambridge.

* October 5 – Medical journal The Lancet is founded by Thomas Wakley in London.

* Thomas Wakley ( 1795-1862 ), medical and social reformer, and founder of The Lancet, lived at Harefield Park, 1845-1856 ; he has a memorial stone in the grounds of Harefield Hospital

* Thomas Wakley ( 1795 – 1862 ), surgeon, campaigner and founder of The Lancet

* October 5-The Lancet founded by Thomas Wakley.

The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet, as well as after the term " lancet arch ", a window with a sharp pointed arch, to indicate the " light of wisdom " or " to let in light ".

He was a supporter of Thomas Wakley, The Lancet and the BMA, all of whom were anti-establishment in their day.

* No. 35: Thomas Wakley — founder of The Lancet

His youngest son, James Goodchild Wakley and his middle son, Thomas Henry Wakley, became joint editors of The Lancet.

This is the canker-worm which eats into the heart of the medical body " Wakley, The Lancet 1838 – 39, 1, p2 – 3.

Wakley, The Lancet 1841 – 42, 2, p246.

In order to provide evidence, Wakley set up The Lancet Analytical and Sanitary Commission, which provided ' records of the microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public '.

The results of these trials not only discredited Elliotson but helped clarify the authority and status of both Wakley and The Lancet.

After the journal began printing the content of Sir Astley Cooper's lectures without permission, the great man paid a surprise visit to his former pupil to discover Wakley correcting the proofs of the next issue.

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Thomas Wakley ( 11 July 1795 – 16 May 1862 ), was an English surgeon.

Thomas Wakley was born in Membury, Devon to a prosperous farmer and his wife.

His father, Henry Wakley ( 1750 – 26 August 1842 ) inherited property, leased neighbouring land and became a large farmer by the standards of the day, and a government Commissioner on the Enclosure of Waste Land.

Young Wakley was a sportsman, and a boxer: he fought bare-fisted in public houses.

Wakley qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons ( MRCS ) in 1817.

His eldest son, Henry Membury Wakley, became a barrister, and sat as deputy Coroner under his father.

All through his career Wakley proved to be a man of aggressive personality, and his experiences in this respect had a sensational beginning.

Wakley was indirectly accused by the insurance company ( which had refused his claim ), of setting fire to his house himself.

Wakley is interred in the catacombs of Kensal Green Cemetery.

In 1828, one of his accounts of medical negligence led to a libel case, Cooper v Wakley, where Wakley accused Bransby Cooper, the nephew of the General Surgeon of incompetence in causing a patient immense suffering as he attempted to extract a bladder stone through a cut beneath the scrotum.

After defending himself in a libel trial, Wakley lost, but the profile of the magazine was raised.

Historian Dean L. May noted that the more zealous reformation efforts were not universally accepted in Utah: in a possible tongue-in-cheek diary entry, Hannah Tapfield King responded to Grant's accusation that the Polysophical Society ( a literary club organized by the more socially liberal Lorenzo Snow and his sister Eliza R. Snow ), had an " adulterous spirit.

American Catholics have responded generously to bishops' and pastors' appeals for the support necessary to create parochial schools but they have not contributed in a similar fashion to the establishment of institutions of higher learning.

Beijing responded to Dominica's severing relations with the Republic of China by giving them a $ 12 million aid package, which includes $ 6 million in budget support for the year 2004 and $ 1 million annually for six years.

Naivalu responded by saying that his vote was nothing new: " We always support Taiwan to get observer status every year ," he said.

However, Photius enjoined the support of the Emperor and responded by calling a Council and excommunicating the pope.

James tried again to gain William's support but William responded by advising James to keep to the law and not to try to extend his prerogative powers.

He responded by attempting to punish Innocent personally and to drive a wedge between those English clergy that might support him and those allying themselves firmly with the authorities in Rome.

The West responded to the Soviet military actions by boycotting the Moscow Olympics of 1980 and providing clandestine support to the Mujahadeen, including Osama bin Laden, as a means to challenge the Soviet Union.

King responded later that day, saying, " That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt ... I live in a national guard town, and I support our troops, but I don ’ t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career — military or otherwise.

The government responded by apparently giving military support to Arab militias.

Before any of the scandalous activity became widely known, Harding's popularity began to ebb, but he responded with determination to run for re-election, despite strong support emerging for the very popular Henry Ford for the Democrats.

Mao responded with his full support with his own big-character poster entitled Bombard the Headquarters.

However, some anarchists have, in turn, responded to his argument, by explaining that they do support a ( very limited ) amount of centralization, in the form of freely elected and recallable delegates.

Norway participated in sending troops to serve in Afghanistan as part of the NATO force that responded to the Taliban government ’ s support of al-Qaeda.

PETA responded that it has no involvement in ALF or ELF actions and does not support violence, though Newkirk has elsewhere made clear that she supports the removal of animals from laboratories and other facilities, including as a result of illegal direct action.

Columbia responded by distributing a program which put forward the film ’ s patriotism and support of democracy, and publicized the film ’ s many positive reviews.

PFP legislators dismissed the accusation and responded that Li Ao should reveal his evidence to support his story.

Gerberga's flight ultimately precipitated Charlemagne's destruction of the Kingdom of the Lombards ; he responded to Desiderius ' support of Carloman's children, which threatened Charlemagne's own position, by sweeping into Italy and subjugating it.

Fearful of losing support of his army because of these decrees, Hidalgo responded that he had never departed from Church doctrine in the slightest degree.

On March 3, 2010, Oxtoby responded to the petitions, suggesting that the College would only support an NLRB-regulated secret ballot.

Prior to a concession of $ 300 million being added to the bill, Landrieu responded to a question on popular support of the public option, and asserted that the option has popular support because “ when people hear ‘ public option ’ they hear ‘ free health care .’ Everybody wants free health care.

On 26 May, during the return voyage, and ten days before his 26th birthday, Wohlfahrt responded to a call for all U-boats in the Bay of Biscay to support the's increasingly deteriorating position.

Meanwhile, in the south, where Tombalbaye had his greatest support, he responded to a strike by students by replacing the popular Chief of Staff Jacques Doumro with Colonel Félix Malloum.

Critics, on the other hand, responded that the support given Savimbi and the Afghan mujahideen was inflaming regional conflicts at great expense to these nations.