From 1910 until 1954 Thomas Percy Kirkpatrick (1869-1954) served as the registrar for the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He also served as the general secretary of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. He took a particular interest in what were then termed venereal diseases; to encourage his patients (many of whom were prostitutes) to attend, he held a clinic for women at a discreet early morning hour to facilitate anonymity. Dr Richard Robert Leeper (1864-1942) was a leading Irish psychiatrist. Serving as the resident medical superintendent of St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin, from 1899 to 1941, Dr Leeper was responsible for important reforms in hospital routine and treatments, which led to considerable improvements in the care of mental patients in St Patrick's and eventually elsewhere.