Sir Fielding Ould (1710–29 November 1789) was an
Irish doctor and medical writer.
Ould was the son of British Army Captain Abraham Ould (1689–1715) and a Miss Shawe of Galway, in which city he was born. He studied in
Paris and settled in Golden Lane,
Dublin as a
medical practitioner
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
in 1736. He published an enormously influential treatise on
midwifery in 1742, although it was criticized for a number of factual errors.
An
obstetrician, he acquired a huge practice and was master of the
Rotunda Hospital (the Dublin lying-in hospital). After a lengthy battle, he was eventually granted his licence as a physician. In 1759 he was knighted for services to the medical profession. He died of apoplexy at his home on South Frederick Street and was buried at
St. Ann's Churchyard,
Dawson Street
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Location
Dawson Stre ...
.
He had at least two children, including William, who was
chaplain
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of the Rotunda Hospital. Later descendants included the painter Sir Fielding Fielding-Ould, and the noted architect
William Vitruvius Morrison.
Bibliography
''A Treatise of Midwifry, in three parts'' Dublin, 1742
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People from County Galway
1710 births
1789 deaths
Irish obstetricians
Medical doctors from Dublin (city)
18th-century Irish medical doctors