Francis Sibson FRS (21 May 1814 – 7 September 1876) was an English physician and

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Early life

He was born at

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, near

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, Cumberland but grew up and was educated in

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, apprenticed to John Lizars, surgeon and anatomist, receiving his diploma (LRCS) in 1831. He treated cholera patients during the 1831–32 epidemic. He continued his studies at Guy's and

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, London, qualifying licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) in 1835. He accepted the post as resident surgeon and apothecary to the Nottingham General Hospital. In 1848 he returned to London and graduated MB and MD in the same year. He was elected a

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in 1849.

Career

In 1851 he was appointed physician at St Mary's Hospital and lecturer at the medical school. Sibson was concerned to exhibit the internal organs of the human body in both healthy and diseased states: he was particularly interested in the physiology and pathology of the respiratory organs. In 1862 he was appointed president of the

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; from 1866 to 1869 Sibson served as president of the British Medical Association Council, and then later as vice-president for life. He delivered the

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(1854), the

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(1870) and the

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(1874) to the

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Private life

He married Sarah Mary Ouvry (1822–1898) in 1858. He died suddenly whilst on holiday at Geneva. Suprapleural membrane is also known as "Sibson's fascia".

Death

He died at the Hôtel des Bergues,

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, on 7 September 1876.

Publications

* ''Medical Anatomy, or, Illustrations of the Relevant Position and Movements of the Internal Organs'' (London, 1869) * ''The Nomenclature of Diseases, drawn up by a Joint Committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians'' (London, 1869)
''Collected Works of Francis Sibson''
W.M. Ord (ed.) (London, 1881)

References

External links

Papers of Francis Sibson
at the Royal College of Physicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibson, Francis 1814 births 1876 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors British anatomists Fellows of the Royal Society People from Maryport Presidents of the British Medical Association