The Medico-Botanical Society of London (or the Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London) was a society founded in 1821 by
John Frost, as director, for the avowed purpose of "investigating, by means of communications, lectures, and experiments, the medicinal properties of plants ... of promoting the study of the vegetable ''
materia medica'' of all countries ... and of cultivating medical plants."
The Society's meetings were held at 32,
Sackville Street. The first president was
William George Maton
William George Maton M.D. (31 January 1774 – 30 March 1835) was an English physician, a society doctor who became associated with the British royal family. He published on natural history and antiquarian topics.
Life
The son of George Maton, ...
, MD, FRS. His successors as president were
Robert Bree, MD, FRS, the surgeon Sir
James McGrigor
Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet, (9 April 1771 – 2 April 1858) was a Scottish physician, military surgeon and botanist, considered to be the man largely responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served as Rector of the U ...
, FRS, and
Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope
Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope FRS (7 December 1781 – 2 March 1855), was an English aristocrat, chiefly remembered for his role in the Kaspar Hauser case during the 1830s.
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of Charles Stanhope, 3 ...
, FRS.
In 1830 the Society abolished its office of Director and expelled John Frost because of his unpopular, presumptuous conduct and displays of vanity.
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The ''Transactions of the Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London'' were issued in three parts covering three intervals: 1821 to 1829; 1832 to 1833; and 1834 to 1837.][
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Medical associations based in the United Kingdom
Defunct clubs and societies of the United Kingdom
1821 establishments in England
1855 disestablishments in England