John Bostock (physician)
John Bostock, Jr. FRS (baptised 29 June 1773, died 6 August 1846) was an English physician, scientist and geologist from Liverpool.[1][2]
Life
Bostock was a son of Dr. John Bostock, Sr.
He lectured on chemistry at
Bostock died of cholera in 1846;[4] He is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
Works
Bostock was one of the first chemical pathologists. He was the first to realise the relationship between the diminution of urea in urine as it rose in the blood, while the albumin in the blood fell as that in the urine increased.[7] His most noted book, System of Physiology, appeared in 1824.[5] His only geological work was On the Purification of Thames Water which appeared in 1826.[5] He also collaborated with Henry Thomas Riley on a translation and annotation of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, which was published posthumously.[8]
Family
He married Ann Whitehead at Walton, Liverpool in 1813 and they had a daughter named
References
- ^ John Bostock (1773–1846). bostock.net
- ^ a b Moore, Norman "Bostock, John (1773–1846)". in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 5
- ^ John Bostock to Benjamin Rush, 4 June 1805; Library Company of Philadelphia, Rush MS 25/71.
- ^ a b "John Bostock". Feature of the Month – History of the RSM. Royal Society of Medicine. July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d Canning, S. (29 September 2007). "John Bostock". Find a Grave. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ "The History of Allergy". Auckland Allergy Clinic. December 2001. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- PMID 7847470. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ Gaius Plinius Secundus (1855). The Natural History of Pliny. Vol. 1. Translated by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley. London: Henry G. Bohn.
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