Was Wallace Wicked?

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Was Wallace Wicked?HEAnet Conference 2015

Meadhbh Murphy MSc, BARCSI ArchivistThursday 12th November 2015

RCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Coláiste Ríoga na Máinleá in Éirinn

Sir William Wallace (1272-1305)

WAS WALLACE WICKED?William Wallace (1791- 1837)

The Cow Pock by James Gillray 1802

RCSI/IP/Wallace/2/1/1/1a‘Peter Hackett Vol. 1 p.72’

RCSI/IP/Wallace/2/1/1/1b

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Iodide of potassium was first proved to have value in tertiary syphilis by William Wallace, of the Irish College of Surgeons, where so many proofs of his talent and industry are preserved. While we feel proud of his surgical services, we must condemn his unscrupulous cruelty towards his own race, in inoculating with the terrible virus of syphilis previously healthy persons.

• Dr Edward Dillon Mapother Papers on Dermatology 1889

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RCSI/IP/Dickson/3/4/3 Mater Hospital 1892?

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