Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and President of the Clinical Society.
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1820 Engraving of Guy's Hospital entrance by James Elmes and William Woolnoth
A caricature of Gull appeared in the British magazine Vanity Fair on 18 December 1875, under the title "Physiological Physic". This was one of a series of over 2,000 Vanity Fair caricatures showing prominent personalities of the time.
The coat of arms of the Baronetcy of Brook Street. From The New York Times, reprinted from The Times of London, 1872
Sir William Withey Gull's tombstone in the churchyard at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England
Bronze memorial plaque at Guy's Hospital Chapel, London
Miss A, pictured in 1866 aged 17 (No. 1) and in 1870 aged 21 (No. 2). From the published medical papers of Gull
Miss B, pictured around 1868 aged 18 (No. 1) and 1872 (No. 2). From the published medical papers of GullAwards 2
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Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and President of the Clinical Society. In 1871, having successfully treated the Prince of Wales during a life-threatening attack of typhoid fever, he was created a Baronet and appointed to be one of the Physicians-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria.
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