The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:81]

People [PERS ID:81]

Field	Data
ID	81
Title	Mr
First Name	Richard
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Lambert
Maiden Name
AKA
Gender	Male
Occupation	Surgeon, Hospital Founder [and Anatomy Lecturer?]
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)
Date of death (year)	1782

Notes


A surgeon active at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1751 he played a part in raising a subscription to found Newcastle Infirmary. He was an associate of William Hunter and Joseph Black.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 52	Case of Miss Mary Peareth who has a painful bladder condition.
2	Case 53	Case of Miss Barbara Peareth who is thought to have an internal abdominal tumour.
3	Case 54	Case of Miss H. Peareth whose bowel disorder proves to be worms.
4	Case 55	Case of Miss Harrison who is scorbutic.
5	Case 193	Case of Miss Mary Clutterbuck whose cough and other breathing problems are diagnosed as signs of 'hysteria'.
6	Case 691	Case of Miss Furie (Furye) who has a weak chest and who is given general advice on sustaining her health over the winter. She first consulted Cullen about four years earlier (c. 1772), but no evidence traced.
7	Case 784	Case of Miss Frances Simpson who is treated for an overian tumour under the immediate care of the surgeon Richard Lambert.
8	Case 1195	Case of Mrs Stephenson (Stevenson) who has a sore throat, breathing and other chronic complaints.
9	Case 1382	Case of Mrs Ward who has a skin 'eruption' on her face.
10	Case 1657	Case of Mr Ingham, the Newcastle surgeon, who has a weakness of his lung considered temporary.
11	Case 2084	Case of Miss Elizabeth Harrison who is delicate with 'weak nerves'.
12	Case 2267	Case of Mr Maxwell who has water on the breast.
13	Case 2271	Case of Miss Ward, a child with some kind of mental impairment.
14	Case 2293	Case of Mr William Bower whose long history of ill health is traced back to when he had to have his right hand amputated after a gun he was holding 'burst'.