George Edward Day
George Edward Day (1815–1872) was a Welsh physician.
Life
He was born on 4 August 1815 at
Day entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1833, and after one term obtained a scholarship at Pembroke College where he graduated in 1837. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, where he obtained several medals. He took his M.A. degree at Cambridge in 1840.[1][2]
In 1843 Day began practice in London, becoming a member of the
Day broke his arm in an accident on Helvellyn in 1857, and never recovered. In 1863 changes were made in St Andrews by an act of parliament, and Day retired on a pension. He settled at Torquay for his health, but became a permanent invalid.[1]
Day died on 31 January 1872. He had been elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1850, and was a member of other learned societies.[1]
Works
Day was a contributor to periodical literature and the publications of learned societies. His works included:[1]
- Reports on medical subjects to William Harcourt Ranking's Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences, vols. i. ii. iii. iv. and vi.
- A translation of Johann Franz Simon's Animal Chemistry, with introduction and additions (2 vols. 1845), for the Sydenham Society.
- Translation of Julius Vogel's Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body (1 vol., 1847).
- A Practical Treatise on the Domestic Management and most important Diseases of Advanced Life (1 vol., 1851).
- Translation of Karl Gotthelf Lehmann's Physiological Chemistry for the Cavendish Society in 1851.
- Translation of Carl Rokitansky's Pathological Anatomy of the Organs of Respiration for the Sydenham Society in 1852.
- Chemistry in its relations to Physiology and Medicine, 1860.
Day contributed articles to
Family
In 1841 Day married Ellen Anna, daughter of James Buckton, solicitor, of Doctors' Commons and Wrexham. They had two sons and four daughters.[1]
See also
List of Welsh medical pioneers
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Day, George Edward (DY833GE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Lives of the fellows: George Edward Day". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Day, George Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.