Heberden, William, 1710-1801

English physician and classical scholar.

From the description of Letter, 1776, July 11 : Windsor. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091038

Epithet: MD; of Add MS 37222

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Epithet: the younger., physician

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Heberden (Cambridge University, M.D. 1739) was one of the most eminent English physicians of the 18th century. He studied at Cambridge and a London hospital and taught medicine at the University, lecturing in materia medica. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1746), member of the Royal Society, and honorary member of the Royal Society of Medicine, Paris. He practiced for over thirty years in London and wrote careful notes on his cases, which formed the basis for his Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, published posthumously by his son William Heberden the Younger. The Commentaries contain his original descriptions of angina pectoris and chicken pox; Heberden's account of angina led to its recognition as a distinct disease.

From the description of Papers of William Heberden, 1712-1786 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281431846