Robert Whytt

Robert Whytt (born 1714 in Edinburgh; died 1766) was professor of theory of medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Whytt studied medicine at Edinburgh, Paris and Leyden.

Topics he worked on include
* unconscious reflexes
* tubercular meningitis
* urinary bladder stones
* hysteria

In 1736, he became a medical doctor at the University of Reims. In 1747, he became professor of medicine at Edinburgh. He also was the physician of King George III since 1761. In 1763, he became president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Works

* "Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals" (1751)
* "An Essay on the Virtue of Lime-Water in the Cure of the Stone" (1752)
* "Physiological Essays" (1755)
* "Review of the Controversy Concerning the Sensibility and Moving Power of the Parts of Men and Other Animals" (1761)
* "Observations on the Nature, Causes and Cure of Those Disorders Which Have Been Commonly Called Nervous, Hypochondriac or Hysteric" (1767)
* "Observations on Dropsy of the Brain" ( 1768)
* "The Works of Robert Whytt, MD" ( 1768)

External links

* [http://perso.easynet.fr/baillement/lettres/whytt_bio.html Biography]