Darwin Correspondence Project

  Medical jurist . Professor of medical jurisprudence, Guy’s Hospital, London, 1831–77. Appointed joint lecturer on chemistry at Guy’s, 1832; held the post alone from 1851 to 1870. Often a witness in trials involving suspected murder by poisoning; engaged in the case of William Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner.

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8