Background
Quain, born in November 1796, was eldest son of Richard Quain of Ratheahy, company He received the name of Jones from his mother"s family.
Quain, born in November 1796, was eldest son of Richard Quain of Ratheahy, company He received the name of Jones from his mother"s family.
He graduated in arts, and in 1820 he took the degree of bachelor of medicine, though he did not proceed Doctor of Medicine
Quain was professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of London. He was author of Elements of Anatomy, of which the first edition was published in 1828. Cork. He began his education in Adair"s school at Fermoy.
He then entered Trinity College, Dublin, where, in 1814, he obtained a scholarship, then the highest classical distinction. until 1833.
At the close of his college career he visited the continental schools and spent some time in Paris, translating and editing Martinet"s Manual of Pathology. While engaged there he published Elements of Anatomy which became a standard text-book in English-speaking countries.
An attack of hæmoptysis occurring while he suffered from a dissection wound compelled him to take a rest for two years. He was also invited to lecture upon physiology.
He lived in retirement during the last twenty years of his life, and chiefly in Paris, devoting himself to literary and scientific pursuits.
He died, unmarried, on 31 January 1865, and was buried in Highgate cemetery.
He resigned his post at University College in 1835, and in the same year he was appointed a member of the senate of the university of London.