Magenis, Leslie S. 1941

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Magenis, Leslie S. 1941

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377 leaves

eng,

Senate House Library (University of London)

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Wakley, Thomas, 1795-1862

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Magenis, Leslie S, fl 1941

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Thomas Wakley (1795-1862) qualified as a doctor in 1817 and set up a practice in London. He was the founder of the medical journal The Lancet (1823), which he used to campaign for medical reforms such as a united profession of apothecaries, physicians, and surgeons and a new system of medical qualifications to improve standards. He was elected as the Radical MP for Finsbury in 1835 and remained in the House of Commons for the next 17 years, where he was a vigorous advocate of parliamentary refor...