George Busk FRS (1807–1886),Nineteenth-Century Polymath: Surgeon,Parasitologist,Zoologist and Palaeontologist

1 Busk G . President's address. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 1887; 70: 23–7.

2 Busk G . Proc Linnean Soc London 1886–7: 36–8.

3 BBW. Busk, George (1807–1886). Dictionary of National Biography 1901: suppl. 1: 357–8.

4 Busk George (1807–1886). Plan's Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 1. London: John Wright & Sons Ltd, 1930: 174–6.

5 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 5 (June 1840-February 1846). Friday, 22 December 1842: 242.

6 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 5 (June 1840-February 1846). Saturday, 31 December 1842: 244.

7 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 5 (June 1840-February 1846). Friday, 31 March 1843: 269.

8 Origin and Progress of the Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Grampus, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821. London: W Gilbert, 1831: 7.

9 Origin and Progress of the Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821. London: W Gilbert, 1832: 7.

10 Origin and Progress of the Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 — Incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1837: 8.

11 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 -Incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1841: 6.

12 An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of all Nations, in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, Three-Decker, Moored Off Greenwich. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Established, 1821, Incorporated, 1833. London: M and W Collis, 1854: 6.

13 An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of all Nations, in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, Three-Decker, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Established 1821, Incorporated 1833. London: M and W Collis, 1866: 6.

14 Budd G Busk G . Report of twenty cases of malignant cholera that occurred in the Seamen's Hospital-ship, Dreadnought, between the 8th and 28th of October, 1837. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 1838; 21: 152–86.

15 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations and Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821. — Incorporated in 1833. London: E Varty, 1849: 18–19.

16 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations and Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821. — Incorporated in 1833. London: E Varty, 1850: 18.

17 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 6 (February 1846-November 1851). Friday, 12 January 1849: 282–3.

18 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 6 (February 1846-November 1851). Friday, 31 August 1849: 360.

19 An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of all Nations, in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, Three-Decker, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Established, 1821, Incorporated, 1833. London: M and W Collis, 1854: 18.

20 Pelling M . Cholera, Fever and English Medicine 1825–1865. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978: 174–7.

21 Origin and Progress of the Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 — Incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1840: 19.

22 Origin and Progress of the Hospital for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 — incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1839: 18–19.

23 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 -incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1842: 17–18.

24 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 4 (June 1840-February 1846). Friday, 12 May 1843: 279.

25 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 5 (August 1834-May 1840). Friday, 11 October 1839: 491.

26 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 -incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1843: 19.

27 Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society for Sick and Diseased Seamen in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, 104 Gun Ship, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Donations & Voluntary Contributions. Established in 1821 -incorporated in 1833. London: W Gilbert, 1848: 18.

28 Seamen's Hospital Society. Minute book 5 (June 1840-February 1846). Friday, 3 November 1843: 321.

29 The new school of clinical medicine: The Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. BMJ 1906; i: 211–15.

30 An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Seamen's Hospital Society, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of all Nations, in the Port of London, on Board the Dreadnought, Three-Decker, Moored off Greenwich. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Established, 1821, incorporated, 1833. London: M and W Collis, 1855: 19.

31 The Seamen's Hospital (late “DREADNOUGHT”) Greenwich. Established 1821. Incorporated 1833. Free to Seamen of all Nations. Sixty-sixth Annual Report. From January 1st to December 31st, 1886: 9.

32 Budd G . On Diseases of the Liver. London: John Churchill, 1845: 399–401.

33 Cook GC , ed. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 20th edn. London: W B Saunders, 1996: 1465–6.

34 Busk G . Observations on the structure and nature of the Filaria medinensis, or Guinea worm. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London 1849; 2: 65–76.

35 Busk G . List of marine polyzoa, collected by George Barlee Esq, in Shetland and the Orkneys, with descriptions of the new species. Rep Brit Assoc Trans Sect Zool 1860: 144–7.

36 Busk G . Descriptions of new species of Polyzoa. Collected by George Barlee Esq, in Shetland. Quart J Micro Sci (Zoophytology) 1860; 8: 123–5, 143–5, 213–14.

37 Busk G . Catalogue of the Polyzoa, collected by JY Johnson Esq, at Madeira, in the years 1859 and 1860. Quart J Micro Sci (Zoophytology) 1860; 8: 280–5.

38 Desmond A . Huxley: The Devil's Disciple. London: Michael Joseph, 1994: 475.

39 Busk G , eds. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science. London & Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1861: 1.

40 Busk G , eds. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science. London & Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1865: 5.

41 Reader J . Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man. London: Collins, 1981: 272.

42 Schaaffhausen D . On the Crania of the Most Ancient Races of Man. Müller's Archiv 1858: p.453, with remarks and original figures, taken from a cast of the Neanderthal Cranium. Translated by Busk G. Natural History Rev 1861; 1: 155–76.

43 Wood BA The ‘Neanderthals’ of the College of Surgeons. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1979; 61: 385–9.

44 Rupke NA Richard Owen: Victorian Naturalist. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994: 462.

45 Busk G . Pithecoid priscan man from Gibraltar. The Reader 1864; 4: 109–10.

46 Cook GC Doctor David Livingstone frs (1813–1873): The “fever” and other medical problems of mid-nineteenth century Africa. J Med Biog 1994; 2: 33–43.

47 Ingham K . A History of East Africa, 3rd edn. London: Longmans, 1965: 100–1.

48 David Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter with Africa. London: National Portrait Gallery, 1996: 110–11.

49 Busk G . Bath: Report on British Association Meeting. Bath Chronicle (Special Daily Edition) 1864; 22 September: 3.

50 Busk G Falconer H . On the fossil contents of the Genista Cave, Gibraltar. Quart J Geol Soc 1865; 21: 364–70.

51 Busk G . Note on a ready method of measuring the cubic capacity of skulls. J Anthropol Inst 1874; 3: 200–4.

52 Busk G . Note on the fossil Polyzoa, collected by the Rev JE Wood, near Mount Gambier, South Australia. Geol Soc J 1861; 16: 360.

53 Linnean Society of London. Minutes of a special meeting held on 1 July 1858.

54 Desmond A Moore J . Darwin. London: Michael Joseph, 1991: 467–71.

55 Obituary notice: Busk, George. The Times, 11 August 1886.