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John Fothergill FRS (8 March 1712 – 26 December 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist, and Quaker. His medical writings were influential, and he built up a sizeable botanic garden in what is now West Ham Park in London.
John Fothergill was an English physician who was the first to record coronary arteriosclerosis (hardening of the walls of the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle) in association with a case of angina pectoris. Fothergill, a Quaker, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and later.
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John Rowland Fothergill (1876–1957) was an English innkeeper and entrepreneur, described as a "pioneer amateur innkeeper" in Who's Who. Biography. John Rowland Fothergill was born in Kent in 1876, his family originating from Westmorland and Caerleon. He studied at St John's College, Oxford, the Slade School of Fine Art and the London School ...
John Fothergill was a remarkable but largely forgotten physician, plant collector, and philanthropist, born of Quaker parents in Yorkshire. This article summarizes the legacy of his work on trigeminal neuralgia and migrainous "sick headaches," and his seminal studies on angina, scarlatina, and dipth ….
Mar 8, 2023 · Learn about John Fothergill, an English Quaker physician and botanist who patronized many naturalists and collected exotic plants in his garden. See images from his Fothergill Album, which contains paintings of plants and animals by William Bartram.
John Fothergill. 1712-1780. English Physician, Botanist and Reformer. F othergill added to the medical knowledge of diphtheria, scarlatina, trigeminal neuralgia, migraine, and other disorders.
Jan 13, 2008 · English. Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. x, 80,65-661 pages. Includes an essay on the character of the late Alexander Russell, read before the Society of Physicians, the 2d of October, 1769. Collected Works.
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