Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
(1783-1862), Physiologist and surgeonRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Benjamin Brodie was a surgeon whose name is applied to certain diseases of the bones and joints. He spent most of his career at St George's Hospital, first as assistant surgeon (1808-22) and then as senior surgeon (1822-40). In 1810, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. His most important work was Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints (1818), which led to a reduction in the number of amputations that were deemed necessary. Brodie was created a baronet in 1834 and was the first president of the General Medical Council. He was also the first surgeon to be elected president of the Royal Society (1858).
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1839
NPG 316a(6)
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P353
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published September 1856
NPG Ax87527
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published September 1856
NPG x14258
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax27709
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bt
by Alfred Robert Freebairn, after William Wyon
anaglyptograph, published 1844
NPG D32163
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