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Margaret Todd (c. 1859 – 1918) Scottish writer and doctor who wrote under the pen name Graham Travers and published several novels including Mona Maclean, Medical Student. John Todhunter (1839–1916) Irish poet and playwright
Frank Slaughter (1908–2001) - American bestseller author, wrote (Doctor's Wives) Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) - author Benjamin Spock (1903–1988) - American pediatrician, wrote Baby and Child Care
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (/ h oʊ m z /; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day.
William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) [1] was an English physician who made influential contributions to anatomy and physiology. [2] He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, pulmonary and systemic circulation as well as the specific process of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart (though earlier writers, such as Realdo ...
One of William's uncles, Edward Osler (1798–1863), a medical officer in the Royal Navy, wrote the Life of Lord Exmouth and the poem The Voyage. [ 6 ] William Osler's father, the Reverend Featherstone Lake Osler (1805–1895), the son of a shipowner at Falmouth, Cornwall , was a former lieutenant in the Royal Navy who served on HMS Victory .
wrote on medical technique Herodotus (physician) 1st–2nd century CE: Greek: Two doctors, the first a Pneumaticist, the second an Empiricist Hua Tuo: 2nd century CE: Chinese: abilities in acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and medical Daoyin exercises Huangfu Mi: 3rd century CE: Chinese: compiled the Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion ...
Hippocrates of Kos (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ k r ə t iː z /, Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
Oliver Wolf Sacks (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. [2] Born in London, Sacks received his medical degree in 1958 from The Queen's College, Oxford, before moving to the United States, where he spent most of his career.