| Description | Material relating to Kirkpatricks medical career, including case and fee books, lecture notes from medical school and research notes on area of interest. Kirkpatrick studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin, before being appoint anaesthetist at Dr Steevens' Hospital. He also worked as honorary visiting physician to the same hospital, and visiting physician to the Westmoreland Lock Hosptial. In both institutions he took a particular interest in venereal diseases (now sexually transmitted diseases), he was also involved in nursing education at Dr Steevens' Hospital. |