all expenses, provided Dr White would give the institution his medical services. In 1752 a house was taken at No 10 Garden Street providing a hospital with 12 beds. Three years later, on 9 April 1755, the Manchester Public Infirmary was opened at new premises. He was to remain as Surgeon to the hospital for 38 years. St Mary's Hospital Manchester After a dispute with the board of management Dr Charles White, Dr Thomas White and the Drs Hall left the hospital and founded the Lying in Hospital at St Mary's in 1790. Dr Thomas White, his son, died in a riding accident but he continued to serve there until after the turn of the century. Manchester Mummy One story is that White was the family physician present at the burial of John Beswick, at which a mourner noticed that John's eyelids were flickering, just as his coffin lid was about to be closed; White confirmed that John was still alive. The supposed corpse regained consciousness a few days later, and lived for many more years. The incident made John's sister, Hannah Beswick, fearful that she might accidentally be buried alive. Hannah requested in her will that White keep her above Ground for 100 years after her death. Following Hannah's death in 1758 White had her embalmed, White kept Hannah's mummified body in his museum where he had 300 other pathological specimens in this museum. When the museum was made over to the St Mary's hospital the mummy was moved to the attic at Sale Priory. Following his death in 1813 he gave the mummy to Dr Ollier, his personal physician ,who donated it on his death to the Museum of the Manchester Natural History Society, There she became known as the Manchester Mummy, or the Mummy of Birchin Bower. Her body was put on display in the museum's entrance hall, described by one visitor in 1844 as "one of the most remarkable objects in the museum". Following the museum's transfer to Manchester University in 1867, and with the permission of the Bishop of Manchester, Hannah was buried in an unmarked grave in Harpurhey Cemetery on 22 July 1868. Although this sounds odd to modern ears, Dr White was following practices that were not uncommon at the time. Others physicians doing likewise included Dr John Hunter, Dr William Hunter, Dr Cruickshank and DrSheldon. Polygenism White spent much his spare time