He also conducted demonstrations of dissection at his Church Street home, in an anatomy museum that was converted from a malt house.

[10] Arnold James Knight, a physician at the infirmary, made a motion to found a public medical school in Sheffield in 1828, which was seconded by Hall Overend.

Wilson continued his school as Sheffield School of Anatomy and Medicine at the corner house between Eyre Street and Charles Street,[14] until was burnt down in 1835 following a riot;[10] the wife of the caretaker of the premises shouted out "murder" when the alleged drunk caretaker and his friend proceeded to beat her.

[15] The crowd misinterpreted the noise as the men were attempting to murder or burke the woman, broke into the building and set fire.

[17] Knight laid the foundation stone in 1829 and gave an opening lecture describing the systematic programme of medical education.

[18] Operated in a similar way to Hall Overend's school, the Sheffield Medical Institution was however corporately owned and provided facilities for doctors who were already in practice.

[10] The teachers for the institution were unpaid and were drawn from the consultants at the General Infirmary, as well as at the Public Dispensary (founded in 1832 also by Knight).

[16] In late 19th century, Principal of Firth College William Mitchinson Hicks had an ideal to bring into Sheffield a university.

The Medical Faculty was moved from Leopold Street to the North Wing of Firth Court, which was adjacent to Back Lane where bodies could be discreetly delivered to the dissecting room.

[24] The Medical School moved in 1973 to its current building on Beech Hill Road, adjacent to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

[34] The Medical School provides postgraduate taught (MSc and MRes) and research (MD and PhD) programmes, which are available through three departments.

[38] Sheffield Medical School is located on Beech Hill Road attaching to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital's main Tower Blocks.

[39] The Medical School building contains 3 lecture theatres, 8 seminar rooms and group meeting spaces with a total of 110 seats.

[42] The Samuel Fox House at the Northern General Hospital is home to the school's Clinical Skills Centre and Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care.

[44] The Health Sciences Library at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital has collections cover medicine, dentistry, nursing and midwifery, with 85 study spaces.

Phase 2a (second year) starts with a six-week research project followed by training in procedural clinical skills in simulation.

In the 1920s, Edward Mellanby's studies on rickets established that cod liver oil prevented the disease, which helped lead to its eradication.

[23] The motto of the Sheffield Medical School is Ars longa vita brevis, a Latin translation of an aphorism from Aphorismi by Greek physician Hippocrates.

[1] It features elements from the coat of arms of the University of Sheffield: the Crown of Success, two sheaves of arrows and the open books, as well as the azure background colour.