William Baly
William Baly (1814 – 28 January 1861) was an English physician.
He was born in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and in 1859 was appointed "physician extraordinary" to Queen Victoria.[1]
Baly performed significant research on
Goulstonian lecturer on dysentery at the Royal College of Surgeons the same year.[2]
Baly was killed in a railway accident near Wimbledon, southwest of London, on 28 January 1861; he is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London.[3]
Baly was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, which awards a biennial Baly Medal in Physiology, in his name.
Works
- "Elements of Physiology", (Translation with Notes by William Baly, author: Johannes Peter Muller, translator: William Baly) (2 vols. London, 1838–42)
- "Diseases in Prisons", Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, (vol. XXVIII, 1845)
- "Recent Advances in the Physiology of Motion, the Senses, Generation, and Development. Being a Supplement to the 2nd Volume of Professor Muller's Elements of Physiology" (London, 1848)
- "Reports on Epidemic Cholera" (2 parts) (London, 1854)
References
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- ^ William Baly. Royal College of Physicians of London (2009)
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ BALY, William (1814-1861) and Family. aim25.ac.uk