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\"1st Baronet\" Ophthalmologist William Bowman Hand Written Letter:
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Up for sale a "1st Baronet" Ophthalmologist Sir William Bowman Hand Written Letter Dated 1904. 

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Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (20 July 1816 –

29 March 1892) was an English surgeon, histologist and anatomist. He is best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during

his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Born in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, third son of a banker &

amateur botanist/geologist, Bowman attended Hazelwood School near Birmingham from 1826. A childhood accident involving gunpowder is

supposed to have interested him in medicine, and he was apprenticed to

surgeon Joseph Hodgson at Birmingham General

Hospital in 1832. He left Birmingham in 1837 to further

his training as a surgeon and attended King's College London,

where he served as a prosector under Robert Bentley Todd, a

Professor of physiology. His earliest notable work was

on the structure of striated muscle, for which he was elected a Fellow

of the Royal Society in

1841. At the young age of 25, he identified what then became known as

the Bowman's capsule, a key

component of the nephron. He presented his findings in 1842

in his paper "On the Structure and Use of the Malpighian

Bodies of the Kidney" to the Royal Society and was awarded the

Royal Medal. His collaboration with Todd led to the publication of the

five-volume "Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man"

(1843–1856) and "Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology"

(1852), which detailed their research on microscopy and histology, relating minute anatomical observations to

physiological functions. Their extensive use of the microscopes revolutionized

the study of anatomy and physiology. Apart from the Bowman's capsule, other

anatomical structures named after him include:

·         Bowman's glands —

in the olfactory mucosa

·         Bowman's membrane — the anterior

limiting membrane in the cornea

After completing his surgical training in 1844, Bowman practised

as an ophthalmologist at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital

(later known as Moorfields Eye Hospital). He was an early user

of the ophthalmoscope invented by Hermann von Helmholtz in 1851.[1] Between

1848 and 1855, he also taught at King's College. In 1880, he founded the

'Ophthalmological Society', which later became the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

In 1870 he commissioned Arts and Crafts architect Philip house in Holmbury St Mary, Surrey. It was completed in 1874.

In 1884, Queen Victoria created him as a baronet.

He died at Joldwynds on 29 March 1892, and is buried in the neighbouring

churchyard of Holmbury St. Mary.[4] A

memorial to him lies within St James's Church, Piccadilly. On 28 Dec.

1842, he married Harriet, fifth daughter of Thomas Paget of Leicester, by whom

he had seven children. She died at Joldwynds on 25 October 1900. He was

succeeded in the title by his eldest son, Sir Paget Bowman.

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