‘Transactions,’ and to the ‘Transactions’ of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. He delivered the Lumleian lectures in 1852 and 1853, and, what is unusual, was twice appointed to deliver the Harveian oration in 1854 and 1867. He was an omnivorous reader, and a shrewd observer of men and things, from whom the world of readers might reasonably have expected instruction and amusement. He opportunely met Bishop Wilberforce when the latter was seized by an illness in Italy, and the two travelled homeward together. Alderson had some entertaining reminiscences of the journey, which he was accustomed to relate with great zest. He published in 1847 a work on ‘Diseases of the Stomach and Alimentary Canal,’ in which was embodied the result of his extensive experience in a most important class of diseases. He died at his home in Berkeley Square and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. References Attribution External links Alderson, James. A brief outline of the history and progress of cholera at Hull. (London, 1832). 19th-century English medical doctors Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge People from Kingston upon Hull Fellows of the Royal Society 1794 births 1882 deaths Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians Burials at West Norwood Cemetery