3-034-865 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Prince of Wales's physicians: W. W. Gull, M.D., 1871. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Maull and Co, of one of '...the three physicians who have been in constant attendance upon his Royal Highness [future King Edward VII] during the last four or five weeks... Dr. William Withey Gull, of Brook-street, has long been known as one of the most trusted and successful members of his profession in London. He took his degree of M.D. in the London University in 1846, and was chosen a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1848...The happy recovery of the Prince of Wales from the dangerous illness, which last week seemed to threaten us from hour to hour with the dreaded announcement of his death, is a theme of general congratulation throughout the kingdom'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.