WELLS, Sir T. SPENCER (_b._ 1818), on Sir W. Fergusson, ii. 72; student life in Leeds, Dublin, and London, 105; joins Samaritan Hospital, 106; experience in Crimean war, 110; early experiences in ovariotomy, 111, 112; stringent precautions, 113; great successes, 113, 114; adopts antiseptic system, 114; on surgery as salvaging, 115; municipal and state questions, 116; on cremation, 117. Whytt, Andrew, i. 95, 100, 273. Wilkes, John, i. 100. Wilks, Dr., on Dr. Addison, ii. 8-11; on Dr. Bright, 18. William IV., i. 224, 259, 295, ii. 57, 60. WILLIAMS, CHARLES J. B. (_b._ about 1800); early education, ii. 178; scientific experiments, 179; studies at Edinburgh, 179; chemical researches, 180; studies in London and Paris, 180; work on Stethoscope, 181; settles in London, 181; early writings, 182; sounds of heart, 182; Lectures at Kinnerton Street, 183; reports to British Association, 183; becomes Professor at University College, 183; Gulstonian lectures, 184; physician to Hospital for Consumption, 185; Principles of Medicine, 185; first president of Pathological Society, 185; work on Cod-Liver Oil, 186, 187; presidency of New Sydenham Society, and of Medical and Chirurgical Society, 187; studies in retirement, 188. WILSON, ERASMUS (1809-1884); early life, ii. 240, 241; studies under Abernethy, and in Paris, 241; pupil of Langstaff, 241; joins Aldersgate School of Medicine, 241; assists Quain at University College, 242; establishes Sydenham College, 242; writes the Dissector’s Manual and Anatomist’s Vade Mecum, 242; acquaintance with Thomas Wakley, and appointment on _The Lancet_, 243; becomes a specialist in skin diseases, 243; portraits of diseases of skin, 244; Continental studies, 244; character in practice, 244, 245; the case of flogging at Hounslow, 245; various works, 246; founds professorship of dermatology, 246; and of pathology, 246; becomes President of College of Surgeons, 247; pays for bringing Cleopatra’s Needle to London, 247; his great munificence, 248; bequest to College of Surgeons, 249; death, 249. Wilson, i. 249, 256, 290, 291. Windmill Street School, i. 129, 140, 156, 249, 256, 290, 291, ii. 59. Wolsey, Cardinal, i. 4, 8. Wood, Alexander, i. 108. Woodville, Dr., and vaccination, i. 181, 187. Yelloly, Dr., on Astley Cooper, i. 214. York, Duke of, and Abernethy, i. 234. Zoological Society, i. 274. Transcriber’s Note