of the eye. His Ventnor hospital operated until 1964 when it closed, made obsolete by drug treatment of tuberculosis, to be demolished in 1969. Its grounds are now the site of Ventnor Botanic Garden. Family relations of A. H. Hassall Hassall's paternal grandfather was a physician who practised in Sunderland and fathered numerous sons and daughter. By the marriages of his grandfather's children, Arthur Hill Hassall was connected to the prominent Sanderson, Coppin, and Straker families in the North of England. John Burdon-Sanderson was a member of this Sanderson family. John Coppin Straker (1847–1937), Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland, was a member of the Coppin and Straker families. A. H. Hassall had two brothers and two sisters. One brother went to sea and died young (perhaps as the victim of foul play). The other brother, Richard, became a physician. Publications The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body in Health and Disease. S. Highley, London 1846 A microscopical examination of the water supplied to the inhabitants of London and the suburban districts. S. Highley, London 1850 San Remo and the Western Riviera Climatically and Medically Considered. Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1883 A compendium of food-microscopy with sections on drugs, water, and tobacco. Baillière, Tindall and Cox, London 1909 A history of the British freshwater Algae, including descriptions of the. Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae. pp. vi, 462. Atlas, 103 ph. col 8. London, 1845. Adulterations detected; or, Plain instructions for the discovery of frauds in food and medicine. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London 1857. The urine in health and disease: being an exposition of the composition of the urine, and of the pathology and treatment of urinary and renal disorders. John Churchill and Sons, London 1863 Food: its adulterations, and the methods for their detection. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1855 The inhalation treatment of diseases of the organs of respiration including consumption. Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1885 The Narrative Of A Busy Life: An Autobiography. Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1893 References External links Ventnor approaches Isle of Wight Historic Postcards page with images of the Royal National Hospital. Images of Microscopic Flora and Fauna of London Water by Arthur Hill Hassall Microscopists 19th-century English medical doctors 1817 births 1894 deaths