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Anthony Relhan (c. 1715–1776) was a physician and fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland, notable for writing a history of Brighton, and for promoting the drinking of mineral water.

Life

Born in Munster, Ireland, he was educated at

Leyden, and on 12 July 1743 graduated M.D. at Dublin. He became a fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians of Ireland in October 1747, and was elected president of the college in 1755. Three years later he left Dublin in consequence of disagreements with other fellows of the college as to the propriety of his prescribing the powder called after Robert James, M.D., a remedy of which the composition was kept secret by the proprietor.[1]

He settled as a physician at Brighthelmstone (later called Brighton) in 1759, and in 1761 published A Short History of Brighthelmstone,[2] then a town of about two thousand inhabitants, of which the main purposes were to give an account of the climate and other advantages of the place as a residence for invalids,[1] and to promote the drinking of mineral waters and seabathing.[a] Relhan's publication led to a substantial increase in public interest in drinking mineral water.[3]

Relhan also authored a treatise on the use of music in medicine, and several other medical publications.

In 1763, having been incorporated M.D. at Cambridge, he became a candidate or member of the

Erasmus and Linacre.[1]

Relhan used to reside and practise at Brighton during the bathing season,[1] and from 1758 to 1767, he had an office on Southampton Street in London.[4]

He was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, Richard, and a daughter.[1] His second wife was Lady Hart, widow of Sir William Hart, a banker.[3] He died in October 1776, and was buried in the Marylebone graveyard in Paddington Street, London.[1][5]

His son, Richard Relhan was a fellow of King's College, and published a renowned account of the plants growing near Cambridge.

The town of Enfield, New Hampshire, was first named "Enfield" by settlers from Enfield, Connecticut, but the town was renamed "Relhan" in 1766 to honour Anthony Relhan. Following the Revolution, the town was renamed "Enfield" in 1784.

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Notes

a.

chalybeate spring of Hove
), had advocated drinking seawater.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Russell, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ Relhan, Anthony (1761). A Short History of Brighthelmston: With Remarks on Its Air, and an Analysis of its waters. Brighton: The Philanthropic Society.
  3. ^ a b Myths and reality in the representation of resorts[dead link], Sue Berry, Sussex Archeological Collections 140 (2002) 97-112
  4. ^ F. H. W. Sheppard, ed. (1970). "British History Online". 'Southampton Street and Tavistock Street Area: Southampton Street', Survey of London. Vol. 36. pp. 207–218 (see text at ref X). Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  5. ^ Daniel Lysons (1795). "British History Online". 'Marylebone', The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex. Vol. 3. pp. 242–279. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
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Further reading

  • The Growth of Brighton,
    E. W. Gilbert
    , Geographical Journal, Vol. 114, No. 1/3 (Jul. - Sep., 1949), pp. 30–52
  • De Arte Medendi apud priscos musices ope atque carminum epistola ad Antonium Relhan, M.D. Editio altera & auctior. Excudebat J. Nichols; Prostant venales apud J. Bowen, 1783. Pp. 81
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