Who's Who of the Brain. A Guide to Its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do

The second part of the book details many of Guthrie’s lectures and writings. Following his wartime experiences, he specialised in ophthalmic surgery and wrote three textbooks on eye surgery. He progressed to become President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on three separate occasions. He enabled the end of “body snatching” by the Anatomy Act of 1832. This remarkable man was multi-lingual in Spanish, French and Portuguese and was also an outstanding orator. He was offered a Knighthood after the Battle of Waterloo, which he declined, although he did later accept the honour. He died in 1856, age 71 years, from cardiac failure.