3-078-311 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

New Year's Honours: Sir John E. Erichsen, formerly President of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1895. Photo by Melhuish. 'Sir John Eric Erichsen was born in 1818, and is best known for several works on physiology and. Surgery - notably, "The Science and Art of Surgery," which has been translated into German, Spanish, Italian, and even Chinese. Sir John Erichsen was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews in 1885.' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.