Indenture between William Brown, surgeon apothecary in Edinburgh, and John Grant

William Brown

  • Roll Number
  • 286
  • Surname
  • Brown
  • Forenames
  • William
  • Date of Admission
  • 12th August 1793
  • Surgeon Database
  • Fellow
  • Other Information
  • Born 14th November 1757. Died 28th November 1818.

    Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary in the early 19th century. Some years in the Navy; then in the Russian service as physician in the government of Kilyvan, Siberia. Author of ‘Hints on the Establishment of a Universal Written Character’, 1797; ‘Observations of the Duration and Course of Fever in Britain &’, 1802 and ‘An Attempt to Estimate the Power of Medicine in Controlling Fever’, 1818 . Treasurer to the College
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