- Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison (1798 – 1869) was an English physician who moved to America. He was personal physician to
Thomas Jefferson and considered the "Father of American Physiology" [Topper, Joby (2005). [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/uva_hospital/dunglison/ Robley Dunglison: Personal Physician to Thomas Jefferson] . University of Virginia] .Biography
Marriage and children
After receiving an offer to become professor of anatomy and medicine at the
University of Virginia , Dunglison rushed to marry Miss Harriette Leadam. They were married October 5, 1824, and left England for Virginia at the end of month.*Harriette Elizabeth 1825 – 1841
*John Robley 1826 – ?
*a son, born in 1828, died of bronchitis at 11 months
*William Leadam 1832 – ?
*Richard James 1828 – ?
*Thomas Randolph 1837 – ?
*Emma Mary 1840 –Works
Published works
*1824 "Commentaries on Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels of Children"
*1832 "Human Physiology"
*1833 "A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature"
*1837 "The Medical Student; or, Aids to the Study of Medicine"
*1842 "Medical lexicon. A dictionary of medical science" [ [http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-d2.html#dunglison Bibliography] . OED Online]
*1876 "A Dictionary of Medical Science..." [cite book
last = Dunglison
first = Robley
coauthors = Richard James Dunglison
title = A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise Explanation of the Various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, Medical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence, and Dentistry; Notices of Climate, and of Mineral Waters; Formulae for Officinal, Empirical, and Dietetic Preparations; with the Accentuation and Etymology of the Terms, and the French and Other Synonyms
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RjIAAAAAQAAJ
accessdate = 2008-06-17
date = 1876
publisher = Churchill
pages = 1131 pages ]Notes
External links
Flanagan, Dan (1996). [http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/archives/collections/finding_aids/dunglison.html Robley Dunglison Collection] . Thomas Jefferson University: Philadelphia
[http://www.antique-microscopes.com/photos/smith.htm The Microscope of Robley Dunglison] . Made by James Smith, London in 1845
Persondata
NAME=Dunglison, Robley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Physician
DATE OF BIRTH=1798
PLACE OF BIRTH=Keswick, Cumbria ,England
DATE OF DEATH=1869
PLACE OF DEATH=Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania
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