George Stuart Hawthorne of Liverpool and his infallible cure for cholera, 1

Schedule

Thu May 07 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Huyton Library | Huyton, EN

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The story of a maverick doctor who won the support of the local press but was subject to the ire of the local medical establishment.
About this Event

Chris Jones is a retired academic nurse. As the author of a book about the history of brain surgery and neurology in Liverpool, he is also widely published in the field of local history and particularly the public health history of Liverpool. Come along to Huyton library to watch Chris deliver his entertaining and informatative talk about George Stuart Hawthorne the19th-century Irish physician and medical author known for his work on the prevention and treatment of cholera, particularly during the epidemic outbreaks in Britain. He was a senior physician at a hospital in Belfast before moving to Liverpool prior to 1841.

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Huyton Library, Civic Way, Huyton, United Kingdom

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