George Hilaro Barlow (1806–1866) was a medical doctor, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the first editor of ''

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'', and the principal author of ''A Manual of the Practice of Medicine.'' The son of a clergyman, he was named after

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. Disliking life in the

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, he went to

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, where he read arts and medicine. Gaining his B.A. there in 1829, he went to Guy's the following year and furthered his formal studies in medicine. Barlow married Lydia, daughter of Stephen Babington, in 1839. He became an assistant physician in 1840, then a full physician three years later. At

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, he and

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were supervised by Richard Bright in jointly investigating

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s. This team approach to a subject was regarded as pioneering. Barlow was a contemporary and colleague of both

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, and Henry Marshall Hughes, to whom he dedicated his ''Manual''. He promoted, and became president of, the Clinical Reports Society. He was described as highly analytical, considering many contending possibilities for every diagnosis. He died at

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References

Works

"On diseases arising from the defective expansion of the lungs in early youth"
''London Medical Gazette'' (1844) Vol. 30, pp. 705–12,785-90
''A Manual of the Practice of Medicine''
(1856) London:John Churchill, Philadelphia:Blanchard & Lea

External links

Barlow's biography
indexed at ''Munk's Roll'' * G.H. Brown, William Munk. ''Lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1826-1925'' Vol. 4. London : The College, 1955 19th-century English medical doctors 1806 births 1866 deaths Academic journal editors {{England-med-bio-stub