Thomas Jameson

Thomas Jameson was born circa 1768. He was most likely educated in Edinburgh but graduated MD from Aberdeen in 1791. He was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1802. Jameson settled in Cheltenham and built a notable medical career there. He also worked at the Finsbury Dispensary, providing treatment to people living in poverty. He was the author of 'A Treatise of the Cheltenham Waters and Bilious Diseases' (1803), 'Essay on the Changes of the Human Body at its Different Ages, the Diseases of Each Period, and the Principles of Longevity' (1811), and 'A Refutation of a Letter from Dr Adam Neale to a Professor of Medicine of the University of Edinburgh, with a Statement of Ulterior Proceedings to Quiet the Minds of the Public Respecting Cheltenham Waters' (1820). He died about 1824.