Robert Harrison
| Born | 1797 |
| Died | 1858-04-23 |
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Irish physician, born 1796, Cumberland, Ireland; died April 23, 1858.
Biography of Robert Harrison
Robert Harrison [B.A., M.D., M.R.C.S.I., M.R.I.A.] was born in Cumberland. He became an apprentice of Abraham Colles (1773-1843) in 1810. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin from 1814, and from 1817 was prosector at the school of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. He was elected to membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1818.
In 1827 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology at Trinity College. In 1837 he succeeded James Macartney (1770-1843) as professor of anatomy and chirurgery on the school of physics. That same year ha obtained his medical doctorate. He was also surgeon to Steven’s hospital and a consultant surgeon to Jervis Street charitable infirmary. In 1826 he was elected a life member of the Royal Dublin Society.
Harrison married Anne, daughter of Reverend Jonathan Cope, Rector of Ahascragh, County Galway. Her sister was married to Abraham Colles.
In 1827 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology at Trinity College. In 1837 he succeeded James Macartney (1770-1843) as professor of anatomy and chirurgery on the school of physics. That same year ha obtained his medical doctorate. He was also surgeon to Steven’s hospital and a consultant surgeon to Jervis Street charitable infirmary. In 1826 he was elected a life member of the Royal Dublin Society.
Harrison married Anne, daughter of Reverend Jonathan Cope, Rector of Ahascragh, County Galway. Her sister was married to Abraham Colles.
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Dublin, Hodges & M’Arthur. 2 volumes, 1924,1825.
New edition 1829, 4th edition 1839.
• The Dublin dissector, or Manual of anatomy; comprising a description of the
bones muscles, vessels, nerves and viscera, also the relative anatomy of the
different regions of the human body. For the use of students in the dissecting
room. By a member of the Royal college of surgeons in Ireland.
Dublin, printed for Hodges and Smith, 1831. 1836; 5th edition 1847.
This work was widely used as a reference work in Ireland and America.
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bones muscles, vessels, nerves and viscera, also the relative anatomy of the
different regions of the human body; together with the elements of pathology.
New York, J. & H. G. Langley, 1840; 1859.
Also under the title A text-book of practical anatomy. With additions by
an American physician. New York, S. S. and W. Wood, 1855.
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charities in Ireland.
Written with Sir Dominic John Corrigan, 1792-1880.
Dublin Journal of Medical Science, 1842.