Park Street School of Medicine

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Park Street School of Medicine was a private medical school in Dublin, Ireland. [1] It was founded on Park Street (now Lincoln Place), Dublin, in 1824 by a group of renowned physicians, including Robert James Graves and Arthur Jacob. [2] [3] [4] [5] In 1849, Professor Hugh Carlisle purchased for £500 the School's anatomy specimens which he relocated to Queen's College, Belfast. [6]

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References

  1. Ann Daly M.A. "The Dublin Medical Press and medical authority in Ireland 1850 -1890" (PDF). Eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  2. J. Duffy Hancock. "The Irish School of Medicine". Innominatesociety.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  3. "Robert James Graves | Irish physician". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. "Graves, Robert James". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia. 2000. p. 680. ISBN   9780877790174 . Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. The Ulster Medical Journal, Volume 59, No. 2, pp. 194 - 199, October 1990.