Edward Barton, physician, was born in England and came to the United States as a child under the care of Abb ̌Tissezant. He attended Roman Catholic College in Baltimore. After living a few months in Hanover, N.H., he moved to New Haven, Conn., where he attended lectures by Dr. Smith of the Medical College. In 1814 he came to Philadelphia, where he entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania under the preceptorship of Dr. Physick and received his M.D. in 1815. After a few years travelling through Europe, Barton returned to Philadelphia to set up private practice. He contributed articles to Dr. Chapman's Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences. On 27 Dec. 1821, while on a trip through the Mediterranean, Barton died of a pulmonary affliction in Genoa, Italy.
From the description of Lectures on materia medica by N. Chapman, M.D., Philadelphia, 1814-1815. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 145406486
