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Name: Description: Pallas, Peter Simon (Prof)
Physician, naturalist
(1741 - 1811)Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied at the University of Halle, the University of Göttingen and finally the University of Leiden where he received his MD. Pallas developed a new system of animal classification. His publications included ‘Miscellanea Zoologica’ (1766) and ‘Spicilegia Zoologica’ (1767–80). In 1767 Pallas became a professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Palmer, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)A Dr Palmer is recorded in printed Medical Registers as having been employed in Peterborough in 1779, 1780 and 1783. No further information has been identified regarding this individual. Parnham, John (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)Parnham submitted a dissertation titled ‘Dissertatio inauguralis de cystirrhoea’ at the University of Edinburgh in 1772. No further information has been identified regarding this individual. Pearson, George (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(c1751 - 1828)Pearson was baptized in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1751. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1773. Pearson also studied chemistry under Joseph Black. He worked at St Thomas’s Hospital in London and then as chief physician at St George's Hospital, London. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and served on the society’s council. His contributions to chemistry included discovering that sodium carbonate could be decomposed, the discovery of calcium phosphide and the observation of the spontaneous combustion in air of the gas phosphine. Percival, Thomas (Dr)
Physician
(1740 - 1804)Percival was born in Warrington, Lancashire. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and Leiden University. He worked as a physician first in Warrington and then, from 1767, in Manchester. Percival was a founding member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. His publications included ‘Essays medical and experimental’ (1767) and ‘Medical ethics; or a code of institutes and precepts, adapted to the professional interests of physicians and surgeons’ (1803). Platter, Felix (Dr)
Physician
(1536 - 1614)Platter was a Swiss physician, the son of a Lutheran teacher and printer. Platter received his MD from the University of Montpellier in 1557. After returning to Basel that same year he established a successful medical practice and became professor of practical medicine at the University of Basel. Platter produced a number of medical texts, including ‘Praxeos Medicae’ (1602). Plenck, Joseph (Mr)
Surgeon and chemist
(1735 - 1807)Plenck was born in Vienna. He apprenticed in surgery and served in the Seven Years War. He graduated from the University of Vienna after studying surgery and obstetrics but did not receive an MD. He became the director of military pharmacies in Vienna and, in 1786, was appointed professor of chemistry and botany at the Military Academy in Vienna. Various sources give differing birth and death dates for Plenck. Plunket, Unknown (Unknown)
Quack
(Unknown - Unknown)The case notes refer to a family of empirics, or quack doctors, in Ireland. No further information has been identified about these individuals. Pomme, Pierre (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1812)Pomme graduated from the Montpellier School of Medicine in 1747. He was appointed as Consulting doctor of the King and Grand Falconer in 1767. In 1803 he was admitted to the Academic Society of Sciences of Paris. Pomme’s most influential work was ‘Traité des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes: ou Maladies nerveuses, vulgairement appelées maux de nerfs’. Various sources give differing birth and death dates for Pomme. Pott, Percivall (Mr)
Surgeon
(1714 - 1788)Percivall Pott was born in London. In 1729 Pott served as an apprentice to Edward Nourse, assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital. Pott became assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's in 1745 and full surgeon from 1749 to 1787. In 1753 Pott and William Hunter were elected as the first lecturers in anatomy to the Company, with Pott becoming a member of the court of examiners in 1763 and master of the Company in 1765. Power, Unknown (Mr)
Surgeon
(Unknown - Unknown)Power was active as a surgeon in England in the late 1770s. No further information has been identified about this individual. Pringle, John (Sir)
Physician
(1707 - 1782)Pringle attended the University of St Andrews before a year in Edinburgh. He received his MD from Leiden University. In 1742 the earl of Stair, commander of the British Army in Flanders, appointed Pringle as his personal physician and he was put in charge of the military hospital. In 1745 Pringle was appointed 'Physician General to His Majesty's Forces in the Low Countries and beyond the seas'. Pringle was appointed physician to King George III and Queen Charlotte, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and, in 1772, President of the Royal Society. In 1766 he was awarded a baronetcy by the King for recognition of his work.
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- Pallas, Peter Simon (Prof)
Physician, naturalist
(1741 - 1811)
Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied at the University of Halle, the University of Göttingen and finally the University of Leiden where he received his MD. Pallas developed a new system of animal classification. His publications included ‘Miscellanea Zoologica’ (1766) and ‘Spicilegia Zoologica’ (1767–80). In 1767 Pallas became a professor at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
- Palmer, Unknown (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
A Dr Palmer is recorded in printed Medical Registers as having been employed in Peterborough in 1779, 1780 and 1783. No further information has been identified regarding this individual.
- Parnham, John (Dr)
Physician
(Unknown - Unknown)
Parnham submitted a dissertation titled ‘Dissertatio inauguralis de cystirrhoea’ at the University of Edinburgh in 1772. No further information has been identified regarding this individual.
- Pearson, George (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(c1751 - 1828)
Pearson was baptized in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1751. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1773. Pearson also studied chemistry under Joseph Black. He worked at St Thomas’s Hospital in London and then as chief physician at St George's Hospital, London. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and served on the society’s council. His contributions to chemistry included discovering that sodium carbonate could be decomposed, the discovery of calcium phosphide and the observation of the spontaneous combustion in air of the gas phosphine.
- Percival, Thomas (Dr)
Physician
(1740 - 1804)
Percival was born in Warrington, Lancashire. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and Leiden University. He worked as a physician first in Warrington and then, from 1767, in Manchester. Percival was a founding member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. His publications included ‘Essays medical and experimental’ (1767) and ‘Medical ethics; or a code of institutes and precepts, adapted to the professional interests of physicians and surgeons’ (1803).
- Platter, Felix (Dr)
Physician
(1536 - 1614)
Platter was a Swiss physician, the son of a Lutheran teacher and printer. Platter received his MD from the University of Montpellier in 1557. After returning to Basel that same year he established a successful medical practice and became professor of practical medicine at the University of Basel. Platter produced a number of medical texts, including ‘Praxeos Medicae’ (1602).
- Plenck, Joseph (Mr)
Surgeon and chemist
(1735 - 1807)
Plenck was born in Vienna. He apprenticed in surgery and served in the Seven Years War. He graduated from the University of Vienna after studying surgery and obstetrics but did not receive an MD. He became the director of military pharmacies in Vienna and, in 1786, was appointed professor of chemistry and botany at the Military Academy in Vienna. Various sources give differing birth and death dates for Plenck.
- Plunket, Unknown (Unknown)
Quack
(Unknown - Unknown)
The case notes refer to a family of empirics, or quack doctors, in Ireland. No further information has been identified about these individuals.
- Pomme, Pierre (Dr)
Physician
(1735 - 1812)
Pomme graduated from the Montpellier School of Medicine in 1747. He was appointed as Consulting doctor of the King and Grand Falconer in 1767. In 1803 he was admitted to the Academic Society of Sciences of Paris. Pomme’s most influential work was ‘Traité des affections vaporeuses des deux sexes: ou Maladies nerveuses, vulgairement appelées maux de nerfs’. Various sources give differing birth and death dates for Pomme.
- Pott, Percivall (Mr)
Surgeon
(1714 - 1788)
Percivall Pott was born in London. In 1729 Pott served as an apprentice to Edward Nourse, assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital. Pott became assistant surgeon to St Bartholomew's in 1745 and full surgeon from 1749 to 1787. In 1753 Pott and William Hunter were elected as the first lecturers in anatomy to the Company, with Pott becoming a member of the court of examiners in 1763 and master of the Company in 1765.
- Power, Unknown (Mr)
Surgeon
(Unknown - Unknown)
Power was active as a surgeon in England in the late 1770s. No further information has been identified about this individual.
- Pringle, John (Sir)
Physician
(1707 - 1782)
Pringle attended the University of St Andrews before a year in Edinburgh. He received his MD from Leiden University. In 1742 the earl of Stair, commander of the British Army in Flanders, appointed Pringle as his personal physician and he was put in charge of the military hospital. In 1745 Pringle was appointed 'Physician General to His Majesty's Forces in the Low Countries and beyond the seas'. Pringle was appointed physician to King George III and Queen Charlotte, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and, in 1772, President of the Royal Society. In 1766 he was awarded a baronetcy by the King for recognition of his work.
- Pallas, Peter Simon (Prof)
