George Gregory (16 August 1790 – 25 January 1853) was an English physician.
Life
He was a grandson of
John Gregory, and second son of the Rev. William Gregory, one of the
six preachers
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of
Canterbury Cathedral
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; he was born at
Canterbury
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on 16 August 1790. After his father's death in 1803 he lived with his uncle,
Dr James Gregory, in Edinburgh. He studied medicine in 1806-9 at the
University of Edinburgh
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, and afterwards at
St George's Hospital, London, and the
Windmill Street School of Medicine
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. He graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1811, and became MRCS in 1812.
In 1813 he was sent as assistant-surgeon to the British forces in the Mediterranean, where he served in
Sicily
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and at the capture of
Genoa
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. At the end of the
Napoleonic Wars
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he retired on half-pay, and began to practise in London. He gave lectures on medicine at the Windmill Street School, and later at
St Thomas's Hospital
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. He was physician to the Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital from 1824, and to the General Dispensary.
He was elected a licentiate (30 September 1816) then a fellow (30 September 1839) of the
Royal College of Physicians. He died at Camden Square, London, on 25 January 1853.
Works
Gregory was a prolific writer in medical journals, and was a contributor to the ''
Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine
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'' and to the ''Library of Medicine''. His major works are:
* ''Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic'' (1820, 2 vols.; 6th ed. 1846; 3rd American ed. 1831)
''Facts and Important Information from Distinguished Physicians and Other Sources'' (1842)* ''Lectures on the Eruptive Fevers'' (1843)
References
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1790 births
1853 deaths
People from Canterbury
19th-century English medical doctors
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh