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Gerald Francis Yeo

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351: 42:, where he graduated moderator in natural science in 1866, proceeding M.B. and M.Ch. in 1867. In 1868 he gained the gold medal of the Dublin Pathological Society for an essay on renal disease. After studying abroad for three years, a year each in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, he proceeded M.D. at Dublin in 1871, and became next year M.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S. Ireland. 144:
Yeo married (1) in 1873 Charlotte, only daughter of Isaac Kitchin of Rockferry, Cheshire (she died without issue in 1884); (2) in 1886 Augusta Frances, second daughter of Edward Hunt of Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, by whom he had one son.
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to perform animal experiments, and Yeo did the practical work. Ferrier was taken to court under the Act in 1881, but was acquitted, having testified that he only witnessed procedures carried out by Yeo.
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in 1889. He resigned his chair of physiology at King's College in 1890 and received the title of emeritus professor. He then retired to
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For two years Yeo taught physiology in the Carmichael school of medicine in Dublin. He was appointed professor of physiology in
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monkey at the first International Physiological Congress. This work proceeded against a background of
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Born in Dublin on 19 January 1845, he was second son of Henry Yeo of Tansey, Ceanchor Road,
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Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations Into Brain Function
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Founders of British Physiology: A Biographical Dictionary, 1820-1885
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activism. Yeo was known from 1875 as the first secretary of
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Manual of Physiology for the Use of Students of Medicine
315: 130:Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society 423:People educated at the Royal School Dungannon 374:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 189:. Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 287:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 233:. Manchester University Press. p. 190. 49:, in 1875, and in 1877 assistant surgeon to 281:Hutchins, Roger. "Yeo, Gerald Francis". 284:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 260:. Oxford University Press. p. 54. 154: 61:in 1889, and was organised by Yeo with 168: 166: 164: 162: 160: 158: 7: 433:Medical doctors from County Dublin 398:Academics of King's College London 314:Wilkie Collins (15 January 1997). 14: 227:W. J. O'Connor (1 January 1988). 200:H.A. Snellen (31 December 1994). 428:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 370:Dictionary of National Biography 349: 185:Dictionary of National Biography 16:Irish physiologist and academic 1: 408:Scientists from County Dublin 104:in monkeys. They exhibited a 413:Fellows of the Royal Society 301:UK public library membership 322:. Broadview Press. p.  179:"Yeo, Gerald Francis"  118:Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 70:Fellow of the Royal Society 449: 114:The Physiological Society 206:. Springer. p. 23. 88:, Devon, on 1 May 1909. 254:Stanley Finger (2001). 51:King's College Hospital 293:10.1093/ref:odnb/37062 40:Trinity College Dublin 36:Royal School Dungannon 134:Journal of Physiology 102:cerebral localisation 47:King's College London 403:Irish physiologists 365:Yeo, Gerald Francis 20:Gerald Francis Yeo 418:People from Howth 333:978-1-55111-124-7 318:Heart and Science 299:(Subscription or 267:978-0-19-514694-3 240:978-0-7190-2537-2 213:978-0-7923-3274-9 440: 375: 372:(2nd supplement) 353: 352: 338: 337: 321: 311: 305: 304: 296: 278: 272: 271: 251: 245: 244: 224: 218: 217: 197: 191: 190: 187:(2nd supplement) 181: 170: 96:Yeo worked with 68:Yeo was elected 448: 447: 443: 442: 441: 439: 438: 437: 378: 377: 363:, ed. (1912). " 359: 350: 342: 341: 334: 313: 312: 308: 298: 280: 279: 275: 268: 253: 252: 248: 241: 226: 225: 221: 214: 199: 198: 194: 172: 171: 156: 151: 142: 110:antivivisection 94: 80:, and later to 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 446: 444: 436: 435: 430: 425: 420: 415: 410: 405: 400: 395: 390: 380: 379: 347: 346: 340: 339: 332: 306: 273: 266: 246: 239: 219: 212: 192: 176:, ed. (1912). 153: 152: 150: 147: 141: 138: 93: 90: 63:Michael Foster 55:Hugo Kronecker 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 445: 434: 431: 429: 426: 424: 421: 419: 416: 414: 411: 409: 406: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 385: 383: 376: 373: 371: 366: 362: 357: 356:public domain 344: 343: 335: 329: 325: 320: 319: 310: 307: 302: 294: 290: 286: 285: 277: 274: 269: 263: 259: 258: 250: 247: 242: 236: 232: 231: 223: 220: 215: 209: 205: 204: 196: 193: 188: 186: 180: 175: 169: 167: 165: 163: 161: 159: 155: 148: 146: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 122: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 98:David Ferrier 91: 89: 87: 86:Harbertonford 83: 79: 75: 71: 66: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 43: 41: 37: 33: 25: 23: 21: 368: 348: 317: 309: 282: 276: 256: 249: 229: 222: 202: 195: 183: 143: 133: 129: 125: 123: 95: 67: 44: 29: 19: 18: 393:1909 deaths 388:1845 births 361:Lee, Sidney 345:Attribution 174:Lee, Sidney 132:and to the 382:Categories 303:required.) 106:hemiplegic 38:, and at 358::  330:  297: 264:  237:  210:  140:Family 124:Yeo's 74:Totnes 149:Notes 92:Works 82:Fowey 78:Devon 59:Basel 32:Howth 328:ISBN 262:ISBN 235:ISBN 208:ISBN 26:Life 367:". 289:doi 76:in 384:: 326:. 324:16 182:. 157:^ 136:. 65:. 336:. 295:. 291:: 270:. 243:. 216:.

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Howth
Royal School Dungannon
Trinity College Dublin
King's College London
King's College Hospital
Hugo Kronecker
Basel
Michael Foster
Fellow of the Royal Society
Totnes
Devon
Fowey
Harbertonford
David Ferrier
cerebral localisation
hemiplegic
antivivisection
The Physiological Society
Cruelty to Animals Act 1876






Lee, Sidney
"Yeo, Gerald Francis" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Willem Einthoven (1860-1927) Father of Electrocardiography: Life and Work, Ancestors and Contemporaries
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