Description

Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal 1864 (awarded 1932), 32.57 g. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Kirkes Award Medal. By J. S. and A. B. Wyon. Bust. WILLIAM SENHOUSE KIRKES M. D. DIED 1864. Rv. Engraving: P. H. R. GHEY 1932 in wreath. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSP: FOR CLINICAL MEDICINE. Plain edge. 38.5 mm. Eimer -. BHM 2830 (unlisted in gold). Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Im Originaletui / In original box.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, March 2005, lot 16.

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, commonly known as Barts, is a teaching hospital located in the City of London. It was founded in 1123 by Rahere, and is currently run by Barts Health NHS Trust.

William Senhouse Kirkes (21 January 1822 - 8 December 1864) was an English physiologist noted for his reference work "Kirkes' Physiology" which first appeared in 1848. Kirkes' main research field was cardiology and vascular disease, and he first described embolism from vegetations in infective endocarditis in 1852. In 1855, he published a paper on apoplexy in Bright's disease, in which he singled out the role played by increased intra-arterial tension in arterial disease.