Quain
Quain names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Quain brother of the above
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
brother of the above; born in Fermoy, Ireland, in July, 1800, studied at London, and was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Clinical Surgery in University College, London, in 1837. He was surgeon-extraordinary to the queen, and elected president of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1868. Among his works the principal are: "Anatomy of Arteries," with folio plates (1845); "Some Defects of Medical Education" (1870); he edited along with others the fifth edition of (Jones) "Quain's Anatomy." By By his will he left nearly $375,- 000 to University College, London, for the "education in modern languages (especially English) and in natural science." He died in London on Sept. 15, 1887. (3) SIR RICHARD QUAIN, Bart., first cousin to both the above, was born in Mallow, Oct. 30, 1816. He was Lumleian lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians ("Diseases of the Muscular Walls of the Heart") in 1872, and Harveian orator ("The Healing Art in its Historic and Prophetic Aspects") in 1885, and was made physician extraordinary to the queen. He edited the "Dictionary of Medicine" (1883); and contributed to the "London Journal of Medicine," etc. Dr. Quain made LL.D. of Edinburgh in was 1889, president of the General Medical Council in 1891, was created a baronet in 1891, and died Ma March 13, 1898. (4) SIR JOHN RICHARD QUAIN; born in Mallow in 1817, the half-brother of Jones and Richard Quain, was made a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench in 1872, and justice of the High Court of Judicature in 1875. He died Sept. 12, 1876.
Quain a family of eminent medical men
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a family of eminent medical men. (1) JONES QUAIN, born in November, 1796, in Mallow, Ireland, studied medicine at Dublin and Paris, and in 1829 was appointed lecturer on anatomy and physiology in the Aldersgate School of Medicine, London. Two years later he was made Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at London University. He wrote Quain's "Elements of Anatomy." Jones Quain published also a series of elaborate "Anatomical Plates" (1858) and a translation of Martinet's "Pathology" (1835). He died in London, Jan. 27, 1865. (2) RICHARD
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The biographical facts Collier's set out in 1921 still stand; these were four dead Victorians and nothing about their careers has been overturned. What has moved is the fate of their books. "Quain's Anatomy" — the "Elements of Anatomy" begun by Jones Quain and revised by Richard Quain and others — was carried through an eleventh edition in the early twentieth century and then abandoned, while its rival Gray's Anatomy is still in print and still revised; Richard Quain's "Dictionary of Medicine" is likewise long obsolete. The bequest Collier's valued at nearly $375,000 did outlast the books: it endowed named Quain professorships at University College London, which still exist.
Written for this edition, 2026.