title: Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. Frederick Salmon 1796-1868.
abstract: This fourth and final installment on Salmon's monograph on procidentia concludes with further case reports. Upon his death the Committee on Management of St. Mark's Hospital commented: Thus has passed from this world a man whose kindness of heart induced, and whose indomitable perseverence enabled him to found an institution for the relief of the sufferings of his poorer fellow-creatures, which will stand an honourable monument to his memory as one amongst the many noble charities which adorn the metropolis of the country.
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery