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Name: Description: Hamilton, Alexander (Dr)
Physician
(1739 - 1802)Hamilton was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was appointed as a surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1762. Hamilton began lecturing in midwifery, alongside Dr Thomas Young, at the University of Edinburgh in 1780. He was made sole professor in 1783. Hamilton was appointed Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons in 1776 and, in 1791, he founded the Edinburgh Lying-In Hospital. Hamilton, Robert (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Hamilton was a physician in Lyme Regis. No further information has been identified about this individual. Hardy, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)It is possible that this individual is English physician James Hardy, however, there is insufficient evidence in the case notes to be sure of their identity. Hart, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Hart’s inaugural dissertation at Leiden University was on the subject of the medicinal virtues of the flowers of zinc. No further information has been identified about this individual. Haygarth, John (Dr)
Physician
(1740 - 1827)Haygarth was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He studied first at Cambridge University and the University of Edinburgh medical school, although he left without graduating. He then received his MB from Cambridge in 1766. After moving to Chester, he studied and published on the spread of fevers. Haygarth was one of the founders of the Smallpox Society of Chester. In 1798 Haygarth moved to Bath where he published a treatise on rheumatic fever and on gout. Heberden, William (Dr)
Physician
(1710 - 1801)Heberden was born in Southwark, London. He received a BA from Cambridge University in 1728 and was awarded his MD in 1738. He then began lecturing in materia medica at Cambridge until he moved to London in 1748. Helmich, Albertus (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Albertus Helmich was a physician from Berlin. He authored a treatise titled ‘Dissertatio inauguralis medica de usu interno olei vitrioli dilute in nonnullis scabiei specibus’. No further information has been identified about this individual. Hendy, James (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Hendy received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1774. After graduating he took up practice in Barbados. His publications include ‘Tentamen physiologicum inaugurale, de secretione glandulari’ (1774) and ‘A treatise on the glandular disease of Barbadoes, proving it to be seated in the lymphatic system’ (1784). Hewson, William (Mr)
Surgeon and anatomist
(1739 - 1774)Hewson was born in Hexham, Northumberland. After working as an apprentice in Newcastle Hewson moved to London and studied at St. Thomas’s and Guy’s hospitals. Hewson undertook further studies and research in Edinburgh, France and the Netherlands before returning to London. Working under the anatomist William Hunter, Hewson delivered lectures on anatomy before setting up his own lecture theatre in 1772. Heysham, John (Dr)
Physician
(1753 - 1834)Heysham was born in Lancaster. He was apprenticed as a surgeon in Burton and then received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1777. He established a dispensary for the poor in Carlisle. His publications included ‘An Account of the Jail Fever at Carlisle’ (1781). Hill, James (Mr)
Surgeon
(1703 - 1776)Hill was born in Kirkliston, close to Edinburgh. In 1723 Hill began a surgical apprenticeship. In 1730 he joined the navy and two years later returned to Dumfries to begin his surgical practice. Hill published a number of medical papers, his most significant work being ‘Cases in Surgery: Particularly of Cancers and Disorders of the Head from External Violence with Observations: to Which is Added an Account of the Sibbens’ (1772). Hippocrates, Unknown (Unknown)
Physician
(c460 BCE - c370 BCE)Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos in Greece and died in Larissa (Thessaly, Greece). He is often considered the most famous and influential physician of antiquity. A lot of information about his life has to be taken from biographies written half a millennia after his death, and from collected medical writings known as the 'Hippocratic Corpus'. These were likely not written by Hippocrates himself but rather were based on his teachings and practices. Another part of his legacy, although he likely also did not write it himself, is the Hippocratic Oath, an ethical code of practice by which physicians and medical professionals should abide. Hoffman, Friedrich (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(1660 - 1742)Friedrich Hoffmann (also spelled Hofmann or Hoffman) was a German physician and chemist, most renowned for publishing 'Medicina Rationalis Systematica' (1716). He studied mathematics and philosophy in Jena (Germany) and he was also a student in chemical medicine (Iatrochemistry). Through connections made during trips through the Netherlands and England, he forged a friendship with Robert Boyle. He settled in Minden (Germany) and in 1686 was appointed court and country physician for the Principality Minden. He was influential in the foundation of the University of Halle in 1694 and a year prior to its opening, he was appointed the first Professor of Medicine and Physics. Home, Francis (Dr)
Physician
(1719 - 1813)Home apprenticed to Mr Rattray, an Edinburgh surgeon, and later studied at the new medical faculty at Edinburgh University. Before graduating he became a surgeon with the sixth Inniskilling regiment of dragoons, serving with them in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession. Home returned to Edinburgh University after the war, where he graduated MD in 1750. In 1768 Home became the first professor of materia medica at the University of Edinburgh. To meet the student’s need for a syllabus of drugs Home used his lecture notes to publish 'Methodus materia medica' (1769). Hope, John (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1725 - 1786)Hope studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, then studied botany at the University of Paris. He received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1750. In 1760 Hope became the Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. In 1768 he was appointed as a physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Hopkins, Francis (Dr)
Physician
(1752 - Unknown)Hopkins authored a dissertation titled ‘Tentamen medicum inaugurale, de scirrho et carcinomate’. No further information has been identified about this individual. Hunter, Alexander (Dr)
Physician
(c1729 - 1809)Hunter was born in Edinburgh. He studied in Rouen and Paris before receiving his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1753. He practiced in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and Beverley, Yorkshire, before moving to York in 1763. Hunter was a physician at the York dispensary and the founder, in 1777, of the York Lunatic Asylum. Hunter, William (Dr)
Anatomist and physician
(1718 - 1783)After studying divinity at the University of Glasgow Hunter studied medicine in 1737 under William Cullen. Moving to London, Hunter became a resident pupil to William Smellie, a Scottish obstetrician and medical instructor, and trained in anatomy at St George's Hospital, London, specialising in obstetrics. Following Smellie's example, Hunter gave a private course on dissecting, operative procedures and bandaging from 1746. In 1768, Hunter built an anatomy theatre and museum in Great Windmill Street, Soho. Hunter, John (Mr)
Surgeon
(1728 - 1793)When he was nearly 21, Hunter began his medical education in London under his brother William, who was an anatomy teacher and an accoucheur. John became skilled at dissection and William appointed him as his assistant in 1748. Soon, he was running practical classes on his own. After qualifying as a surgeon Hunter became assistant surgeon at St George’s Hospital in 1756 and later surgeon in 1768. His first major scientific work was 'A Treatise on the Natural History of the Human Teeth' (1771). Huxham, John (Dr)
Physician
(c1692 - 1768)Huxham was born in Devon. In 1715 he began studying medicine at Leiden University but did not complete his studies, instead he graduated MD at Rheims in 1717. His publications included ‘Observationes de aere et morbis epidemicis’ (1739), ‘An Essay on Fevers and their Various Kinds’ (1750), ‘De morbo colico damnoniensi’ (1752) and ‘A dissertation On the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat’ (1757).
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- Hamilton, Alexander (Dr)
Physician
(1739 - 1802)
Hamilton was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was appointed as a surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1762. Hamilton began lecturing in midwifery, alongside Dr Thomas Young, at the University of Edinburgh in 1780. He was made sole professor in 1783. Hamilton was appointed Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons in 1776 and, in 1791, he founded the Edinburgh Lying-In Hospital.
- Hamilton, Robert (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Hamilton was a physician in Lyme Regis. No further information has been identified about this individual.
- Hardy, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
It is possible that this individual is English physician James Hardy, however, there is insufficient evidence in the case notes to be sure of their identity.
- Hart, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Hart’s inaugural dissertation at Leiden University was on the subject of the medicinal virtues of the flowers of zinc. No further information has been identified about this individual.
- Haygarth, John (Dr)
Physician
(1740 - 1827)
Haygarth was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He studied first at Cambridge University and the University of Edinburgh medical school, although he left without graduating. He then received his MB from Cambridge in 1766. After moving to Chester, he studied and published on the spread of fevers. Haygarth was one of the founders of the Smallpox Society of Chester. In 1798 Haygarth moved to Bath where he published a treatise on rheumatic fever and on gout.
- Heberden, William (Dr)
Physician
(1710 - 1801)
Heberden was born in Southwark, London. He received a BA from Cambridge University in 1728 and was awarded his MD in 1738. He then began lecturing in materia medica at Cambridge until he moved to London in 1748.
- Helmich, Albertus (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Albertus Helmich was a physician from Berlin. He authored a treatise titled ‘Dissertatio inauguralis medica de usu interno olei vitrioli dilute in nonnullis scabiei specibus’. No further information has been identified about this individual.
- Hendy, James (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Hendy received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1774. After graduating he took up practice in Barbados. His publications include ‘Tentamen physiologicum inaugurale, de secretione glandulari’ (1774) and ‘A treatise on the glandular disease of Barbadoes, proving it to be seated in the lymphatic system’ (1784).
- Hewson, William (Mr)
Surgeon and anatomist
(1739 - 1774)
Hewson was born in Hexham, Northumberland. After working as an apprentice in Newcastle Hewson moved to London and studied at St. Thomas’s and Guy’s hospitals. Hewson undertook further studies and research in Edinburgh, France and the Netherlands before returning to London. Working under the anatomist William Hunter, Hewson delivered lectures on anatomy before setting up his own lecture theatre in 1772.
- Heysham, John (Dr)
Physician
(1753 - 1834)
Heysham was born in Lancaster. He was apprenticed as a surgeon in Burton and then received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1777. He established a dispensary for the poor in Carlisle. His publications included ‘An Account of the Jail Fever at Carlisle’ (1781).
- Hill, James (Mr)
Surgeon
(1703 - 1776)
Hill was born in Kirkliston, close to Edinburgh. In 1723 Hill began a surgical apprenticeship. In 1730 he joined the navy and two years later returned to Dumfries to begin his surgical practice. Hill published a number of medical papers, his most significant work being ‘Cases in Surgery: Particularly of Cancers and Disorders of the Head from External Violence with Observations: to Which is Added an Account of the Sibbens’ (1772).
- Hippocrates, Unknown (Unknown)
Physician
(c460 BCE - c370 BCE)
Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos in Greece and died in Larissa (Thessaly, Greece). He is often considered the most famous and influential physician of antiquity. A lot of information about his life has to be taken from biographies written half a millennia after his death, and from collected medical writings known as the 'Hippocratic Corpus'. These were likely not written by Hippocrates himself but rather were based on his teachings and practices. Another part of his legacy, although he likely also did not write it himself, is the Hippocratic Oath, an ethical code of practice by which physicians and medical professionals should abide.
- Hoffman, Friedrich (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(1660 - 1742)
Friedrich Hoffmann (also spelled Hofmann or Hoffman) was a German physician and chemist, most renowned for publishing 'Medicina Rationalis Systematica' (1716). He studied mathematics and philosophy in Jena (Germany) and he was also a student in chemical medicine (Iatrochemistry). Through connections made during trips through the Netherlands and England, he forged a friendship with Robert Boyle. He settled in Minden (Germany) and in 1686 was appointed court and country physician for the Principality Minden. He was influential in the foundation of the University of Halle in 1694 and a year prior to its opening, he was appointed the first Professor of Medicine and Physics.
- Home, Francis (Dr)
Physician
(1719 - 1813)
Home apprenticed to Mr Rattray, an Edinburgh surgeon, and later studied at the new medical faculty at Edinburgh University. Before graduating he became a surgeon with the sixth Inniskilling regiment of dragoons, serving with them in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession. Home returned to Edinburgh University after the war, where he graduated MD in 1750. In 1768 Home became the first professor of materia medica at the University of Edinburgh. To meet the student’s need for a syllabus of drugs Home used his lecture notes to publish 'Methodus materia medica' (1769).
- Hope, John (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1725 - 1786)
Hope studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, then studied botany at the University of Paris. He received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1750. In 1760 Hope became the Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. In 1768 he was appointed as a physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
- Hopkins, Francis (Dr)
Physician
(1752 - Unknown)
Hopkins authored a dissertation titled ‘Tentamen medicum inaugurale, de scirrho et carcinomate’. No further information has been identified about this individual.
- Hunter, Alexander (Dr)
Physician
(c1729 - 1809)
Hunter was born in Edinburgh. He studied in Rouen and Paris before receiving his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1753. He practiced in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and Beverley, Yorkshire, before moving to York in 1763. Hunter was a physician at the York dispensary and the founder, in 1777, of the York Lunatic Asylum.
- Hunter, William (Dr)
Anatomist and physician
(1718 - 1783)
After studying divinity at the University of Glasgow Hunter studied medicine in 1737 under William Cullen. Moving to London, Hunter became a resident pupil to William Smellie, a Scottish obstetrician and medical instructor, and trained in anatomy at St George's Hospital, London, specialising in obstetrics. Following Smellie's example, Hunter gave a private course on dissecting, operative procedures and bandaging from 1746. In 1768, Hunter built an anatomy theatre and museum in Great Windmill Street, Soho.
- Hunter, John (Mr)
Surgeon
(1728 - 1793)
When he was nearly 21, Hunter began his medical education in London under his brother William, who was an anatomy teacher and an accoucheur. John became skilled at dissection and William appointed him as his assistant in 1748. Soon, he was running practical classes on his own. After qualifying as a surgeon Hunter became assistant surgeon at St George’s Hospital in 1756 and later surgeon in 1768. His first major scientific work was 'A Treatise on the Natural History of the Human Teeth' (1771).
- Huxham, John (Dr)
Physician
(c1692 - 1768)
Huxham was born in Devon. In 1715 he began studying medicine at Leiden University but did not complete his studies, instead he graduated MD at Rheims in 1717. His publications included ‘Observationes de aere et morbis epidemicis’ (1739), ‘An Essay on Fevers and their Various Kinds’ (1750), ‘De morbo colico damnoniensi’ (1752) and ‘A dissertation On the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat’ (1757).
- Hamilton, Alexander (Dr)
