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Andrews. After filling the office of resident house-physician in 

 King's College Hospital, he commenced practice in Charlotte Street, 

 Bedford Square, in 1848, and soon afterwards was elected Physician 

 to the Farringdon-Street Dispensary. In 1850 Dr. Tanner hecame 

 a Member of the Royal College of Physicians, and for a time lectured 

 on Forensic Medicine at the Westminster Hospital. In 1857 he 

 was elected Physician to the Hospital for "Women in Soho Square, 

 and held that office for six years to the great satisfaction of the 

 governors of the charity ; and it was here that he laid the foundation 

 of the reputation he enjoyed later in life in the treatment of diseases 

 peculiar to women. In 1858 Dr. Tanner took an aetive part in the 

 formation of the Obstetrical Society of London, and acted as one of 

 its honorary secretaries for five years. In 1860 he was, in conjunc- 

 tion with Dr. Meadows, appointed Assistant-Physician for the 

 Diseases of Women and Children to King's College Hospital, and 

 here he did good work for three years ; but at the end of that time 

 the mode in which certain alterations in the staff of the hospital 

 were carried out led to the resignation of both the assistant-physi- 

 cians, and Dr. Tanner was able to devote the whole of his attention 

 to a largely increasing practice. About ten years ago he removed 

 to Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square ; and since that time his 

 practice rapidly expanded, owing doubtless in great measure to 

 his success as a medical author, and still more to the personal 

 qualities which attached his patients to him. 



As an author Dr. Tanner commenced his career as a writer of 

 reviews in a medical paper, of which he was afterwards for a time 

 subeditor. His ' Memoranda on Poisons ' was the result of his 

 .short career as a teacher of foi-ensic medicine ; but the work which 

 hiis made his name a household word in medical circles is his 

 ' Practice of Medicine,' which first appeared in 1854 as one of 

 Renshaw's small manuals. In this form the work was deservedly 

 popular with the students of the day, and accompanied them into 

 practice, so that four editions of the book in the manual form were 

 exhausted in ten years. In 1 865 Dr. Tanner brought out a fifth 

 and much improved edition, in one handsome octavo volume. 

 This, again, was followed about a year since by a sixth edition, 

 in two volumes, and the night- work involved in such literary 

 labour probably caused the premature breakdown of Dr. Tanner's 

 health. In addition to this work Dr. Tanner published a work on 

 the ' Signs and Diseases of Pregnancy,' which has gone through 

 two editions ; an • Index of Diseases and their Treatment,' being au 



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