ID2208
CollectionSir Dominic Corrigan
Reference
Description

Sir Dominic Corrigan, 1802-1880, President of the College of Physicians 1859-1864. Appointed to the Board of Health which attempted to cope with the ravages of the potato famine and a promoter of the Vartry water scheme: 'the water supplied to the Whitworth and Hardwicke Hospitals is heavily loaded with impurities'. On the staff of the House of Industry Hospitals, and others during his career.

Collection includes detailed medical case books (c.1833 on).

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1800-1899
Century19th
Keywords
Repository NameRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Address6 Kildare Street Dublin 2
EircodeD02 E434
Telephone(01) 669-8817
Email Addressheritagecentre@rcpi.ie
Email Address 2harrietwheelock@rcpi.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.rcpi.ie/heritage-centre/our-archive-collections/
CommentSome of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and we are grateful for their assistance. Where no or partial lists were available Staff of the Women's History Project compiled an outline list. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually.
latitude53.34136
longitude-6.25448