Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dr Mapother's Silver Prize Medal for Anatomy and Physiology, legend in and around wreath, rev. named (Cuthbert Fitzsimon, 1872), 51mm. Very fine £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: DNW Auction M13, 6 December 2002, lot 1260.

Edward Dillon Mapother (1835-1908) had an impressive career as surgeon, dermatologist, author, professor and President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and was the first Medical Officer of Health for Dublin in 1864. He was an authority on eczema, gout and the curative powers of spa waters. Cuthbert Fitzsimon went on to practise medicine in Dublin