Alexander Bryson (surgeon)
Alexander Bryson | |
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| Born | 1802 |
| Died | 12 September, 1869 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Medical writer |
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| Profession | Surgeon |
Alexander Bryson, and medical writer. He was educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow, entered the Royal Navy as assistant-surgeon in 1827, and rose to become director-general of the naval medical department in 1864.
Life
Alexander Bryson began his professional studies at Edinburgh and continued them at Glasgow, where he took his doctor's degree and was admitted a member of the
Barnes, Surrey, on 12 December 1869.[1]
Works
He was the author of a treatise on The Climate and Diseases of the African Station, and of an eight-volume series titled An Account of the Origin, Spread, and Decline of the Epidemic levers of Sierra Leone. He also contributed an article "On Medicine and Medical Statistics" to the Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry.[1]
References
Sources
- Mills, James (2012). "Bryson, Alexander (1802–1869), naval surgeon". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3818. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Bryson, Alexander". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 169.
Further reading
- Brown, G. H. (1955). "Bryson, Alexander, C.B." In Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1826–1925. Vol. 4. London: The Royal College of Physicians. pp. 126–127.
- Haultain, Charles (1840). The New Navy List. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. pp. 168, 220.
- Sheridan, Richard B. (1981). "The Guinea Surgeons on the Middle Passage: The Provision of Medical Services in the British Slave Trade". The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 14(4): pp. 601–625. JSTOR.
- Wickenden J. V. S. (2010). "Watching over Jack: Alexander Bryson, 1802-1869". Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, 96(1): pp. 45–53. PMID 20608010.
- "Alexander Bryson". RCP Museum. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- "The Royal Navy, &c." The Morning Post. 15 August 1836. p. 2.
- "Appointments". The Hampshire Advertiser. 18 January 1845. p. 5.
- "Appointments". The Morning Post. 2 March 1854. p. 4.
- "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. 16 December 1869. p. 10.
- "Obituary. / A. Bryson". The British Medical Journal. 18 December 1869. p. 670.
- "Obituary. / Dr. Alexander Bryson". The Lancet, 94(2416). 18 December 1869. pp. 860–861.
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