Skip to main content

Sir William Wilde: an enlightened editor

Abstract

This paper examines Sir William Wilde’s peculiar genius as editor, his contribution to the Irish Journal of Medical Science in ensuring its endurance and making it a treasure-house of the history of medicine in Ireland.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

References

  1. Wilde WR (1846) The editor’s preface: The history of periodic medical literature in Ireland, including notices of the medical and philosophical societies of Dublin. Dublin Q J Med Sci consisting of original communications, reviews, retrospects, and reports, including the latest discoveries in medicine, surgery, and the collateral sciences. 1:i-l

  2. Wilde WR (1846) Medical miscellany. Obit Dublin Q J Med Sci 1(2):565

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Wilson TG (1942) Victorian doctor; being the life of Sir William Wilde. Methuen, London, p 222

    Google Scholar 

  4. Walker A, Fitzgerald M (2006) Unstoppable brilliance: Irish geniuses and Asperger’s syndrome. Liberties Press, Dublin

    Google Scholar 

  5. Fitzgerald M (2009) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, creativity, novelty seeking and risk. Nova Scientific, New York pp 51–52. Michael Fitzgerald email communication with author, 13 April 2015

  6. Wilde WR (1846) Medical miscellany. Illustrious physicians and surgeons in Ireland. Dublin Q J Med Sci 2(1):288

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Wilde WR (1863) John Moore Neligan. Obit Dublin Q J Med Sci 36(1):257

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

Please note there are no sources of funding.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. O’Doherty.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The “Conflict of interest” has also been signed.

Regarding “Compliance with Ethical Standards”, this article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

There is no necessity for “Informed Consent” as this paper does not contain any studies with human participants.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

O’Doherty, M. Sir William Wilde: an enlightened editor. Ir J Med Sci 185, 297–299 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-016-1437-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-016-1437-3

Keywords

  • Irish periodical medical literature
  • Dublin quarterly journal of medical science
  • William Wilde