Isaac Burney Yeo

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Isaac Burney Yeo
Born(1835-03-03)3 March 1835
Stonehouse, Devon, England
Died20 November 1914(1914-11-20) (aged 79)
Weybridge, England
Occupation(s)Physician, writer

Isaac Burney Yeo (3 March 1835 – 20 November 1914) was an English physician and writer.

Biography

Yeo was born at

Brompton Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.[1] At King's College he held successively the chairs of Clinal Therapeutics and of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and on his retirement in 1899 was appointed Emeritus Professor of Medicine.[1]

In the 1890s, Yeo developed a wire mesh oro-nasal inhaler.[3] Yeo contributed to medical literature and his books were widely read.[1] His Manuel of Medical Treatment, first published in 1893 had sold over 30,000 copies by 1914. His book Food in Health and Disease was positively reviewed in medical journals.[4][5][6] A review in the British Medical Journal noted that "Yeo is fully master of his subject, and he supplies in a compact form nearly all that the practitioner requires to know on the subject of diet."[4] The book contains a chapter criticizing strict vegetarianism.[7]

Yeo specialized in bariatrics. He proposed a treatment of obesity using hot drinks and avoiding carbohydrates.[8] Yeo may have been the first physician to use raw meat to treat diabetic patients. In 1873, he gave it to two patients, without notable results.[9]

He married Winifred Helen Spyers of Weybridge late in life and they had no children. Yeo is buried at Weybridge Cemetery.[1]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^
    PMC 2300288
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  2. ^ "Isaac Burney Yeo, M.D. Lond, F.R.C.P, Lond". The Lancet. 2: 1270–1271. 1914.
  3. ^ "Dr Isaac Burney Yeo. MD, F.R.C.P. - 1835 - 1914". The Yeo Society. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Reviewed Work: Food In Health And Disease by I. Burney Yeo". British Medical Journal. 1 (1519): 302. 1890.
  5. ^ "Food in Health and Disease". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 99: 503–504. 1891.
  6. ^ "Yeo on Food in Health and Disease". The Canada Lancet. 29: 166. 1896.
  7. ^ "Food in Health and Disease". Scottish Medical and Surgical Journal. 1: 85.
  8. ^ Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. (1920). A Practical Medical Dictionary. New York: William Wood and Company. p. 1124
  9. PMID 7643671
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