Richard Quain
1800–87
Irish-born anatomist and surgeon. Often confused with his cousin, Richard Quain, a physician. Studied anatomy in London and Paris. Professor of descriptive anatomy, University of London (now University College, London), 1832–50. Assistant surgeon, North London Hospital (now University College Hospital), 1834; surgeon, 1850. Published Anatomy of the arteries of the human body (1841–4), and Diseases of the rectum (1854). FRS 1844.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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