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Colour illustration of a boy's face and head.

Colour illustration of a boy's face and head.

Two colour illustrations of a boy's face and head.

Brass enema syringe. Made by W & H Hutchinson, Sheffield.

Coloured illustration of Wallace's patient Brian English. Manuscript note on verso reads 'Vol. 9 p. 6'. Also refers to the following patients: Patrick Ennis, Vol. 9, p.64; J. Jordan, Vol. 1, p.70, John Mooney, Vol. 7, p. 59. Manuscript annotations on front and back.

Coloured illustration of a woman's thigh. The manuscript note on the front reads 'Case of Bridg.t Tracy Aet. 23. J.Connolly Fect.' The manuscript signature on the back reads 'J. Stannus Hughes'.

Coloured illustration of a woman from the waist up. The manuscript note on the front reads 'Case of Bridgett Byrne A.70. Connolly Delt.'

Abraham Colles’ medical training started at Dr Stevens Hospital and the Foundling Hospital. He also spent time studying at the House of Industry Hospital before obtaining his Letters Testimonial from RCSI in 1795. Colles then travelled to Edinburgh University where he was conferred MD in 1797. Colles returned to Dublin and taught Anatomy and Surgery in rented rooms at the rear of a house in South King Street. During his residency at Dr. Steevens Hospital, Colles taught anatomy and surgery in the Hospital School. He resigned his post when in 1804 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy in RCSI having become a member of the College. Within RCSI Colles held the Chair of Surgery and the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology. He was elected to the Court of Assistants in 1800 and President of RCSI in 1802. Among Colles’ anatomical discoveries are the ‘Colles ligament’, the ‘Colles Fascia’ and the ‘Colles Fracture’.

Practiced paediatric surgery in Dublin. Past President of RCSI, Irish, British and Canadaian Medical Associations.

Bronze Richard Carmichael medal in presentation box awarded to Emily Winifred Dickson in 1889-1890. The front of the medal has the profile of Richard Carmichael. The inscription on the back of the medal reads 'Session 1889-90 Miss E. Dickson Practical Anatomy'.

Constance Markievicz (nee Gore-Booth) was born into a land-owning family whose seat was Lissadell, Co. Sligo. She made her formal debut into society at Buckingham Palace before Queen Victoria in 1887. While pursuing her artistic studies, she met and married Count Casimir Dunin-Markievicz, a Polish national, in Paris in 1900. In 1908, she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland) and Sinn Féin, and was a founding member of Fianna Éireann in 1909. She joined the Irish Citizen Army in 1913 and, in 1914, she was instrumental in merging Inghinidhe na hÉireann with Cumann na mBan. She was engaged in training and mobilising the Irish Citizen Army and the youth organisation, Na Fianna. She was an advocate for military action to break the link with Britain.

Coloured illustration of a man's head and shoulders. The manuscript note on the front reads '[Ca]se of Burke Aet. 29. Connolly Delt.' The manuscript note on the back reads 'No. 5 S[?]s'.

Arthur Jacob (1790-1874) Indentured in 1808 to his father John Jacob (surgeon at the Queen's Co. Infirmary, Maryborough), entered RCSI in 1811, was a pupil of Abraham Colles at Dr Steevens' Hospital Dublin and received his RCSI licentiatship in 1813. He became Member of RCSI in 1816 and established himself in private practice as an ophtalmologist. An outstanding figure in the Irish School of medicine, he contributed to research, medical education and the organisation of the profession. He founded the Park St School of Medicine with Robert Graves and went on to become Professor of Anatomy in RCSI (1827-1867). An active member of RCSI, he was a Council member, nominated censor and elected Presidnet (1837, 1864). He founded the Charitable Institute for the Cure of Diseases of the Skin and Eye, the Opthalmic Hosptial on Balfe St which was transferred to the Royal City of Dublin Hospital which Jacob helped to found too. He founded the Dublin Medical Press with Henry Maunsell and in later years founded the Irish Medical Association with Richard Carmichael. The bust was commissioned which instituted the commemorative Arthur Jacob open medical scholarship.

Born in Dublin and worked as a midwife at Holles Street Hospital, Dublin. A committed trade unionist, she was also involved in nationalist and suffragist organisations including the Gaelic League and Cumann na mBan. She served as part of the Irish Citizens Army during Easter week, carrying out nursing and courier duties. After the Rising, she remained a dedicated republican activist.