Humphry Davy its potential anaesthetic properties in relieving pain during surgery. Berzelius called Davy's 1806 Bakerian Lecture "On Some Chemical Agencies of Electricity" "one of the best memoirs which has ever enriched the theory of chemistry." Davy was a baronet, President of the Royal Society (PRS), Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), and Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS). He also invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He joked that his assistant Michael Faraday was his greatest discovery. Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall in England on 17 December 1778. Davy's brother, John Davy, writes
John Davy Rolleston between 1924 and 1926. He served the section throughout his life. In 1931, he published one of the most complete biography's of Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud and in 1937, he published "The History of the Acute Exanthemata", based on his Fitzpatrick lectures (1935–36), presented at the Royal College of Physicians. Rolleston was a noted folklorist and fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Rolleston died on 13 March 1946, his career and reputation somewhat overshadowed by the imposing personality of his brother, Humphrey. His papers are part of the Rolleston collection held by the Wellcome Collection. John Davy Rolleston John Davy