NEWNHAM

William (son of a general medical practitioner). b. Farnham, Surrey 1 Nov. 1790; studied at Guy’s hospital and in Paris; pupil of sir Astley Cooper; practised at Farnham to 1856; an early member of Provincial medical and surgical a oc. 1836, a trustee of its benevolent fund and general manager 1847–55; author of A tribute of sympathy addre ed to mourners 1817, 8 ed. 1842; An e ay on inversio uteri 1818; The principles of physical, intellectual, moral, and religious education, 2 vols. 1827; E ay on superstition 1830; E ay on disorders incident to literary men 1836; Human magnetism, its claims to dispa ionate inquiry 1845. d. Tun bridge Wells 24 Oct. 1865.