Henry Herbert Southey M.D. (1784–1865) was an English physician.
Life
The son of Robert Southey (1745–1792) by his wife, Margaret Hill (1752–1802), and younger brother of
Robert Southey
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, the poet, he was born in
Bristol
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on 18 January 1784. After education at private schools in and near Great Yarmouth, his brother Robert proposed to establish him in his house in London in order that he might study anatomy under Sir Anthony Carlisle at
Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded.
In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the ...
. The project fell through, and Henry studied surgery at Norwich under Philip Meadows Martineau (d. 1828), uncle of
Harriet Martineau
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and one of the most distinguished Lithogists of his day - the two surgeons maintaining their professional relationship throughout their careers. At Norwich Southey also he met William Taylor of
Norwich
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, who interested him in other studies.
In November 1803 he entered the
University of Edinburgh
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Robert Gooch
Robert Gooch, M.D. (January 1784 – 16 February 1830) was an English physician.
Life
Born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in June 1784, he was son of Robert Gooch, a sea captain who was a grandson of Sir Thomas Gooch. He was educated at a private ...
were his fellow students and friends. He had acquired facility in colloquial Latin, and used to talk it with his friends. He graduated M.D. on 24 June 1806, reading a dissertation ‘De ortu et progressu syphilidis’ (Edinburgh, 1806), in which he maintained the American origin of syphilis. He then studied for a winter in London, and settled in the following year at
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; but moved back to London by the advice of Sir William Knighton in 1812.
He became a licentiate 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 ...
on 22 December 1812, and was elected a fellow on 25 June 1823. On 25 April 1825 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society
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. He delivered the
Harveian oration
The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feas ...
in 1847, was elected physician to the
Middlesex Hospital
Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England. First opened as the Middlesex Infirmary in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally clos ...
on 17 August 1815 and held office till April 1827. He was appointed physician
in ordinary
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to George IV in 1823, in 1830 physician extraordinary to
Queen Adelaide
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, father = Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
, mother = Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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, and in 1833 lord chancellor's visitor in lunacy. He became a
commissioner in lunacy
The Commissioners in Lunacy or Lunacy Commission were a public body established by the Lunacy Act 1845 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy.
Previo ...
Cavendish Square
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. His wife Louisa died in January 1830, leaving seven young children; among them was
Reginald Southey
Reginald Southey (15 September 1835 – 8 November 1899) was an English physician and inventor of ''Southey's cannula'' or ''tube'', a type of trocar used for draining oedema of the limbs.Reginald Southey at whonamedit.com /ref>
He died at 1 Harley Street on 13 June 1865, and was buried in
Highgate Cemetery
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.
Works
In 1814, Southey published ‘Observations on Pulmonary Consumption’. He also wrote the life of Gooch in the ‘Lives of British Physicians,’ published in 1830 (see
William Macmichael
William Macmichael FRS (30 November 1783 – 10 January 1839) was an English physician and medical biographer, remembered as the author of ''The Gold-Headed Cane'' (1827).
Life and career
William Macmichael was born on 30 November 1783 in Bri ...