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James Rivers (surgeon)

James Rivers (surgeon)

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James Rivers (died September 1816)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1801.[3]

"The College of Surgeons, Dublin". 1837.[1]

Charles Cameron in his history of RCSI records that information about James Rivers is scant other than that he was surgeon to Maynooth College and to St. Mark's Hospital and to the United Hospital of St. Nicholas and St. Catherine. In 1800 he was appointed surgeon to the House of Industry Hospitals.

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  1. [1]
    Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
  2. [2]
    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. p. 331.
  3. [3]
    RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


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