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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Butter, William (Dr)
Physician
(1726 - 1805)
Butter studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MD in 1761. His treatises 'On the Kink-Cough' (whooping cough) in 1773 and 'An Account of Puerperal Fevers as they appear in Derbyshire in 1775' increased his reputation. Butter also published works relating to angina pectoris and is believed to have tried to open the carotid artery of a patient at the Edinburgh Infirmary, which was abandoned only when the patient fainted after the first incision.
Referred to as: Butter - ButtersDEP/DUA/1/21/23 DEP/DUA/1/21/23 DEP/DUA/1/24/02 DEP/DUA/1/27/20 DEP/DUA/1/31/24 DEP/DUA/1/33/06 DEP/DUA/1/36/13
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Butter, William (Dr)
Physician
(1726 - 1805)
Butter studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MD in 1761. His treatises 'On the Kink-Cough' (whooping cough) in 1773 and 'An Account of Puerperal Fevers as they appear in Derbyshire in 1775' increased his reputation. Butter also published works relating to angina pectoris and is believed to have tried to open the carotid artery of a patient at the Edinburgh Infirmary, which was abandoned only when the patient fainted after the first incision.
Referred to as: Butter - Butters
DEP/DUA/1/21/23 DEP/DUA/1/21/23 DEP/DUA/1/24/02 DEP/DUA/1/27/20 DEP/DUA/1/31/24 DEP/DUA/1/33/06 DEP/DUA/1/36/13
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Butter, William (Dr)
