George Cleghorn (Scottish physician)
George Cleghorn (1716–1789) was a Scottish physician. He is now known as a careful and accurate observer of fevers, who was able to clarify ways in which malaria complicated the way they presented.
Life
Born the son of a farmer near
In 1736 Cleghorn was appointed surgeon to the
Cleghorn settled in Dublin in 1751, and began to give lectures in anatomy, and a few years later was made first lecturer on anatomy at
Successful in practice, Cleghorn in his later years spent much of his time on a small farm he owned, near Dublin. He was one of the original members of the Royal Irish Academy. He died in December 1789.[1]
Works
Cleghorn's major work was Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca from the year 1744 to 1749 (1751). Having corresponded in with Fothergill on his medical observations in Menorca, Cleghorn was persuaded to write up the contents of his letters. There are seven chapters of original observations on the diseases of the inhabitants and of the British troops. Cleghorn had made many post-mortem examinations.[1]
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Family
Cleghorn had no children of his own, but brought up the nine children of a deceased brother. One of them, William Cleghorn, took the degree of M.D. at Edinburgh in 1779, and published a thesis on the theory of fire, but died a few years after his graduation.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cleghorn, George". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.