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Name: Description: Bacher, Georges Frédéric (Mr)
Physician
(1709 - 1795)George Frédéric Bacher was a German physician. One of his most famous treatises was titled 'Treatises on Dropsy', dropsy being the main focus of his work. He dedicated most of his professional work towards finding a new cure for dropsy (also called edema) and discovered new uses for black hellebore. His son Alexandre André Philippe Frédérich Bacher (1740-1807) also worked in medicine and was a contributor to the 'Journal de Medicine'. Baldinger, Ernst Gottfried (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1738 - 1804)Ernst Gottfried Baldinger was born in Großvargula near Erfurt, Germany. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the tutelage of Ernst Anton Nicolai. In 1761, he was appointed superintendent of the military hospitals associated with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. Bancroft, Edward (Dr)
Physician
(1745 - 1821)Bancroft was born in Westfield, Massachusetts and stayed there for the first five years of his life. He then moved to Connecticut where he studied under Silas Deane, who later became an important politician. At sixteen years old Bancroft became an apprentice physician but only studied for a few years in his teens. Bell, Benjamin (Dr)
Surgeon
(1749 - 1806)Bell was born in Dumfries, Scotland, which is where he started his medical training by becoming apprentice to the surgeon James Hill. In 1766 Bell moved to Edinburgh to study medicine at Edinburgh University. His publications include ‘A system of Surgery’ which consisted of six volumes published between 1783 and 1788 as well as his ‘Treatise on Gonorrhoea virulenta and Lues venerea’ (1793) which contained one of the earliest suggestions that syphilis and gonorrhoea were different diseases. Birch, John (Mr)
Surgeon
(c1740s - 1815)In 1763 Birch was apprenticed to the surgeon Thomas Smith for the fee of £400. He was admitted to the Surgeon’s Company in 1770 and established his practice in London. He purchased a commission as a surgeon to the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1770 which he retired from in 1779. From 1784, he was a surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, later becoming surgeon-extraordinary to the Prince Regent, later King George IV. Black, Joseph (Dr)
Physicist and Chemist
(1728 - 1799)Black was born in Bordeaux. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, thereafter Black succeed William Cullen as Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766. He continued teaching at Edinburgh for more than 30 years. Blackburne, Thomas (Dr)
Physician
(1749 - 1782)Blackburne was educated at Charterhouse School, and went on to pursue a BA degree at St. Peters College, Cambridge. He then studied medicine in Edinburgh. He was a member of the Medical Societies of London and Edinburgh after leaving university, and went on to practise medicine in Durham. Author of ‘Dissertatio de Medici Institutis’ (‘Dissertation on Medical Institutions’) which was published in 1775. Author of ‘An Account of four Cases of Tenia successfully treated’ in a letter to Dr Samuel Foart Simmons, published by the latter in an Appendix to his ‘Account of the Tenia’ which was published in 1778. Boerhaave, Herman (Dr)
Dutch botanist/physician
(1668 - 1738)Boerhaave studied philosophy at the University of Leiden graduating in 1684, he also studied medicine later in 1693 at the academy at Harderwijk. His professional life was spent at the University of Leiden serving under various job titles including professor of botany and of medicine, rector of the university, professor of practical medicine, and professor of chemistry. Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix, François (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1706 - 1767)Sauvages studied botany at the University of Montpellier and served as a professor of physiology and pathology at the university from 1734. Later he became the Chair of Botany in 1740. He made important improvements to its botanical garden, including the construction of its first greenhouse. In 1748 Sauvages was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society the following year. He published his first work 'Nouvelles classes de maladies' in 1731. Bonnet, Charles (Mr)
Botanist, naturalist, and philosopher
(1720 - 1793)Bonnet was born in Geneva, Switzerland into an aristocratic family. He was originally privately educated until 1735 when he went to the Calvinist Academy to study classics. He went on to study law and whilst he continued his profession as a lawyer, he had a passion and talent for natural science. In the insect world, he is most famous for discovering parthenogenesis, which is when a female insect can reproduce without fertilisation from a male. He is also well known for describing symptoms of a condition which is now known as the Charles Bonnet Syndrome. In 1760 he started to document the symptoms of the syndrome that occurred in his grandfather, the symptoms included a decline in eyesight and hallucinations. His publications include ‘raite d’insectologie’ (Treaty on Insectology) in 1745, ‘Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles dans les plantes’ (Research in the Usage of Leaves of Plants) in 1754. Boyle, Robert (Mr)
Natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor.
(1627 - 1691)Boyle was born County Waterford, Ireland, and was the youngest son of Richard Boyle, first Earl of Cork and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. Aged eight Boyle was sent to Eton College with his brother, Francis. Brown, John (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1788)Creator of the Brunonian system of medicine which is a system that regards and treats medical disorders on whether they cause excessive or low excitation, also called “excitability” theory. Butler, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Proponent of the medicinal use of cicuta. 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.
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- Bacher, Georges Frédéric (Mr)
Physician
(1709 - 1795)
George Frédéric Bacher was a German physician. One of his most famous treatises was titled 'Treatises on Dropsy', dropsy being the main focus of his work. He dedicated most of his professional work towards finding a new cure for dropsy (also called edema) and discovered new uses for black hellebore. His son Alexandre André Philippe Frédérich Bacher (1740-1807) also worked in medicine and was a contributor to the 'Journal de Medicine'.
- Baldinger, Ernst Gottfried (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1738 - 1804)
Ernst Gottfried Baldinger was born in Großvargula near Erfurt, Germany. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the tutelage of Ernst Anton Nicolai. In 1761, he was appointed superintendent of the military hospitals associated with the Prussian encampment near Torgau.
- Bancroft, Edward (Dr)
Physician
(1745 - 1821)
Bancroft was born in Westfield, Massachusetts and stayed there for the first five years of his life. He then moved to Connecticut where he studied under Silas Deane, who later became an important politician. At sixteen years old Bancroft became an apprentice physician but only studied for a few years in his teens.
- Bell, Benjamin (Dr)
Surgeon
(1749 - 1806)
Bell was born in Dumfries, Scotland, which is where he started his medical training by becoming apprentice to the surgeon James Hill. In 1766 Bell moved to Edinburgh to study medicine at Edinburgh University. His publications include ‘A system of Surgery’ which consisted of six volumes published between 1783 and 1788 as well as his ‘Treatise on Gonorrhoea virulenta and Lues venerea’ (1793) which contained one of the earliest suggestions that syphilis and gonorrhoea were different diseases.
- Birch, John (Mr)
Surgeon
(c1740s - 1815)
In 1763 Birch was apprenticed to the surgeon Thomas Smith for the fee of £400. He was admitted to the Surgeon’s Company in 1770 and established his practice in London. He purchased a commission as a surgeon to the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1770 which he retired from in 1779. From 1784, he was a surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, later becoming surgeon-extraordinary to the Prince Regent, later King George IV.
- Black, Joseph (Dr)
Physicist and Chemist
(1728 - 1799)
Black was born in Bordeaux. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, thereafter Black succeed William Cullen as Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766. He continued teaching at Edinburgh for more than 30 years.
- Blackburne, Thomas (Dr)
Physician
(1749 - 1782)
Blackburne was educated at Charterhouse School, and went on to pursue a BA degree at St. Peters College, Cambridge. He then studied medicine in Edinburgh. He was a member of the Medical Societies of London and Edinburgh after leaving university, and went on to practise medicine in Durham. Author of ‘Dissertatio de Medici Institutis’ (‘Dissertation on Medical Institutions’) which was published in 1775. Author of ‘An Account of four Cases of Tenia successfully treated’ in a letter to Dr Samuel Foart Simmons, published by the latter in an Appendix to his ‘Account of the Tenia’ which was published in 1778.
- Boerhaave, Herman (Dr)
Dutch botanist/physician
(1668 - 1738)
Boerhaave studied philosophy at the University of Leiden graduating in 1684, he also studied medicine later in 1693 at the academy at Harderwijk. His professional life was spent at the University of Leiden serving under various job titles including professor of botany and of medicine, rector of the university, professor of practical medicine, and professor of chemistry.
- Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix, François (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1706 - 1767)
Sauvages studied botany at the University of Montpellier and served as a professor of physiology and pathology at the university from 1734. Later he became the Chair of Botany in 1740. He made important improvements to its botanical garden, including the construction of its first greenhouse. In 1748 Sauvages was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society the following year. He published his first work 'Nouvelles classes de maladies' in 1731.
- Bonnet, Charles (Mr)
Botanist, naturalist, and philosopher
(1720 - 1793)
Bonnet was born in Geneva, Switzerland into an aristocratic family. He was originally privately educated until 1735 when he went to the Calvinist Academy to study classics. He went on to study law and whilst he continued his profession as a lawyer, he had a passion and talent for natural science. In the insect world, he is most famous for discovering parthenogenesis, which is when a female insect can reproduce without fertilisation from a male. He is also well known for describing symptoms of a condition which is now known as the Charles Bonnet Syndrome. In 1760 he started to document the symptoms of the syndrome that occurred in his grandfather, the symptoms included a decline in eyesight and hallucinations. His publications include ‘raite d’insectologie’ (Treaty on Insectology) in 1745, ‘Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles dans les plantes’ (Research in the Usage of Leaves of Plants) in 1754.
- Boyle, Robert (Mr)
Natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor.
(1627 - 1691)
Boyle was born County Waterford, Ireland, and was the youngest son of Richard Boyle, first Earl of Cork and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. Aged eight Boyle was sent to Eton College with his brother, Francis.
- Brown, John (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1788)
Creator of the Brunonian system of medicine which is a system that regards and treats medical disorders on whether they cause excessive or low excitation, also called “excitability” theory.
- Butler, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Proponent of the medicinal use of cicuta.
- 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.
- Bacher, Georges Frédéric (Mr)
