Gilbert Blane

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birth_date = 29 August 1749
birth_place = Blanefield, Ayrshire
death_date = 26 June 1834
death_place = London
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nationality = Scottish
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field = medicine
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alma_mater = Edinburgh University
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known_for = use of lime juice obligatory to prevent scurvy
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Sir Gilbert Blane (29 August 1749 - 26 June 1834) was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. Born in Blanefield, Ayrshire, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University before moving to London, where he served as private physician to Lord Rodney. Blane accompanied Rodney to the West Indies in 1779.

Blane did much to improve the health of sailors by heeding their diet and enforcing due sanitary precautions. Largely due to his advocacy, the entire navy in 1795 made the use of lime juice obligatory to prevent scurvy. Enjoying a number of court and hospital appointments, he built up a good practice for himself in London, and the government constantly consulted him on questions of public hygiene. In 1812 he became a baronet in reward for services he rendered in connection with the return of the Walcheren expedition. His works include "Observations on the Diseases of Seamen" (1795) and "Elements of Medical Logic" (1819). Blane lived at Burghfield in Berkshire and at Kirkoswald in Ayrshire. He died in Piccadilly on 26 June 1834.

References

*1911
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title=Chirurgeon: look to the wounded
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year=1985
month=Sep
title=Sir Gilbert Blane Bt (1749-1834)
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issue=5
pages=332–3
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year=1984
month=Sep
title=Sir Gilbert Blane Bt (1749-1834)
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issue=5
pages=375–6
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last=Leach
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year=1980
month=May
title=Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart, MD FRS (1749-1832)
journal=Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
volume=62
issue=3
pages=232–9
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last=King
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year=1978
month=Jul
title=Medical logic
journal=Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences
volume=33
issue=3
pages=377–85
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year=1960
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title=The Gilbert BLANE medal
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volume=46
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pages=183–91
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External links

* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/gblane.html Royal Berkshire History: Sir Gilbert Blane (1749-1834)]