Frederick Tyrrell

Frederick Tyrrell, also spelt Tyrell (1793 to 1843), was an English surgeon of the early nineteenth century, associated with the care of the eye. He was assistant surgeon at the London Eye Infirmary in 1820, and in 1822 became lecturer in anatomy and surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital in London. He later served as Arris and Gale lecturer and published a book titled Diseases of the Eye in 1840. A nephew by marriage of Sir Astley Cooper, he was one of the three surgeons the reforming editor Thomas Wakley called the Three Ninnyhammers and accused of medical incompetence. Tyrrell was also co-proprietor, with William Lawrence, of the Aldersgate Private Medical Academy, a private teaching school founded in 1825. The source gives little else, so this entry records his posts, his one named book and his place in the quarrels over London medical teaching.