The remains belong to a man praised for his 'ability and tenderness in the treatment of patients'.
The lead coffin was found after part of the cathedral was demolished to make way for a new visitor centreExcavations at Leicester Cathedral have uncovered the lead coffin of a surgeon at the city's Victorian asylum.
The find triggered research into his life and career as the first resident medical officer at the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum.
During his 17 years in the role, he expanded the dispensary, improved the medicinal planting in the hospital's garden and helped procure an Infirmary Carriage for Accidents.
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