Английская Википедия:Archibald Robertson (physician)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox military person Archibald Robertson Шаблон:Post-nominals (3 December 1789 in Cockburnspath, near Dunbar – 19 October 1864 in Clifton, Bristol)[1] was a Scottish physician and medical author who had a notable naval career,[2] followed by a long private practice.[3]
Biography
In 1808 Robertson became assistant surgeon at Mill Prison hospital for French prisoners at Plymouth.[4] In 1809 he was in Lord Gambier's flagship Шаблон:HMS in Basque roads, when Lord Dundonald tried to burn the French fleet. He then served in the Baltic, and afterwards in the West Indies, in the Шаблон:HMS and the Шаблон:HMS, besides boat service in the attempt on New Orleans. At the peace of 1815 with the United States he went on half-pay, having received a medal with two clasps.[3]
In 1818 he settled in Northampton, where he obtained a lucrative practice. In 1820 he was elected physician to the Northampton infirmary.[5] In 1853 he retired to Clifton. On 11 February 1836 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[3] In 1844 he served as president of the British Medical Association.[6]
Education
Robertson studied at Duns school, and thereafter with Mr. Strachan in Berwickshire. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating MB ChB in 1808 and a doctorate (MD) from Edinburgh in 1817. He wrote his thesis on the dysentery of hot climates.
Family
He was married to Lucy.[7] Their children included the Rev. George Samuel Robertson (1825–1874), M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, the father of Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), bishop of Exeter.[3]
Publications
Robertson wrote:[3]
- De Dysenteria regionum calidarum (1817)
- Medical Topography of New Orleans, with an Account of the Principal Diseases that affected the Fleet and Army of the late unsuccessful Expedition against that City (1818)
- Conversations on anatomy, physiology, and surgery (1827);[8] then 1832.[9]
- A Lecture on Civilisation (1839)
He also contributed to John Forbes's Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, 1833–5, 4 vols.
References
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- 19th-century Scottish medical doctors
- Royal Navy personnel of the War of 1812
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- Scottish medical writers
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