Alexander Tweedie

Dr Alexander Tweedie

Life

He was born in

In 1822 Tweedie was appointed assistant physician to the London Fever Hospital, and in 1824, on the retirement of John Armstrong, filled the post of physician to the hospital, which he held for 38 years. He resigned it in 1861, when he was appointed consulting physician and one of the vice-presidents. In 1836 he was elected physician to the Foundling Hospital; he was also physician to the Standard Assurance Company, examiner in medicine at the University of London, and was an honorary member of the Medical Psychological Association.

Tweedie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 8 February 1838. He died at his residence, Bute Lodge, Twickenham, on 30 May 1884, continuing to practise at the age of 89 years.

Works

Tweedie was a voluminous writer. He was joint-author with Charles Gaselee of A Practical Treatise on Cholera (1832), and was the original planner of the Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine (London, 1831–5, 4 vols.), of which he was one of the editors. He planned and edited the Library of Medicine, in eight volumes, which appeared in 1840–42; and was the author of Clinical Illustrations of Fever (London, 1828), and of Lectures on the Distinctive Characters, Pathology, and Treatment of Continued Fevers (1862).

References

• "Tweedie, Alexander" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
• TWEEDIE, Alexander (1794–1884). Royal College of Physicians

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Tweedie, Alexander". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.