History
The early history of medical education in Hull and York goes back to the three following institutions: Hull Medical School (1831), York Medical Society(1832) and the York Medical School (1834). Notable doctors associated with the York school included John Hughlings Jackson, Daniel Hack Tuke, Thomas Laycock (physiologist), James Atkinson (surgeon), and Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. It is thought that the York school closed in about the 1860s. The medical school building at the University of York is named in the honour of John Hughlings Jackson.
The founding of a medical school as part of the University of Hull was considered in the Report of the Royal Commission on Medical Education 1965–68 (Todd Report) (published 1968), however the idea was thought not to be viable until the Humber Bridge was completed, as this would enable students to travel to attachments in South Lincolnshire.
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