George Budd M.D. (23 February 1808 – 14 March 1882) was an English physician, medical writer and academic.

Life

He was born at

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, on 23 February 1808, the third son of Samuel Budd, a surgeon there, and with six brothers entered the medical profession. After education at home, he entered St John's College in 1827, subsequently migrating to

Caius College Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of t ...

, and becoming fellow of Caius after taking his degree (third wrangler, 1831). Budd pursued medical studies in Paris and at the

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, London, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1836. In 1837, while still a M.B., he was appointed physician to the ''

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'' seamen's hospital ship at

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. Here with George Busk he researched cholera,

scurvy Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Early symptoms of deficiency include weakness, feeling tired and sore arms and legs. Without treatment, decreased red blood cells, gum disease, changes to hair, and bleeding ...

, and the pathology of the stomach and liver. In 1840 he graduated M.D. at Cambridge and was elected professor of medicine at King's College London, and in 1841 he became a fellow of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

, being censor 1845–7. In 1863 Budd retired from his medical professorship in King's College, of which he was then made an honorary fellow, and in 1867, in poor health, he gave up his large practice in London, and retired to Barnstaple. In 1880 he was made an honorary fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, having ceased to be a fellow many years before, on his marriage. He died 14 March 1882, aged 74.

Works

Budd first came to notice by writing on the stethoscope as an acoustic instrument (''Medical Gazette'', 1837). His treatise ''Diseases of the Liver'' (1845) systematised the practical knowledge of liver diseases for a generation; and described what is now known as

Budd–Chiari syndrome Budd–Chiari syndrome is a very rare condition, affecting one in a million adults. The condition is caused by occlusion of the hepatic veins that drain the liver. It presents with the classical triad of abdominal pain, ascites, and liver enlarge ...

, already noticed in 1842 by

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. It was followed by ''Diseases of the Stomach'' (1855). His report on cases of cholera in the ''Dreadnought'' during 1837, written with Busk, and his statistical account of cases collected from the records of the same hospital in the epidemic of 1832, were also standard works, summarised in "Cholera", which Budd contributed to

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's '' Library of Practical Medicine'', vol. iv.; vol. v. contained his "Scurvy". Budd published papers and lectures in medical journals, especially the ''Medical Gazette'', including his Gulstonian Lectures (1843) and Croonian Lectures (1847) at the College of Physicians.

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Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Budd, George 1808 births 1882 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors English medical writers Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Medical doctors from Devon People from the Borough of West Devon