surgeons Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/tag/surgeons/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:05:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 An unflattering view of English medical education in the 1840s https://bshm.org.uk/an-unflattering-view-of-english-medical-education-in-the-1840s/ https://bshm.org.uk/an-unflattering-view-of-english-medical-education-in-the-1840s/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:05:23 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=18109 In about 1841, Belgian doctor Constantin Pierre Crommelinck toured various psychiatric institutions in England, France, and Germany. His report reviewed not just various English asylums and also the training of English doctors. Peter Carpenter recounts his none too flattering findings.   Constantin Pierre Crommelinck (1814-1884) was the son of a Belgium surgeon who trained as […]

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