Name

Dates

In Bath

Practitioner type

Notes

References

Publications

Acton, Benjamin

1830-7

surgeon

BD1830-7

Adair, James Makittrick

1785

physician

Wikipedia

Medical Cautions for Invalids, 1785; A Philosophical and Medical Sketch of the Human Body, 1787

Alexander, Richard C.

1837

Anderdon, Edmund

1743-1832

1773-1812

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1787. Mayor in 1816/17 and 1824/25. Recommended to Jane Austen's brother, Edward, in 1799.

Anderdon, William

c.1736-after 1804

c.1758-?

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1764. Mayor in 1786/7 and 1794/5. In partnership with Thomas Elmes until 1778. Partner in Bath & Somersetshire Bank from 1775. Later lived at Newton St Lo.

Anderton

1778

apothecary

In partnership with Elmes

BD1778

Arney, John

?-1707

1690

surgeon

Surgeon to Bellotts Hospital

Arthur, John

1751-72

apothecary

Atwood, Harry

1741-1814

1766-1807

surgeon

On Bath City Council from 1776. Mayor in 1800/1. Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1781-1806 and Governor 1778.m Member of the 1st Bath Philosophical Society.

BD1773-1800

Bagshaw, Sir W.C.

1822

physician?

BD1822

Bailey, W.H.

1833

dentist

BD1833

Bain

1800

physician

BD 1800

Baker, John

c.1764-66

apothecary

Married 1766.

Baker, Robert

c1545-1596

Physician

MD 1577

Bath Abbey register

Baker, S

1822

dentist

BD1822

Baldwin, Sealey

1833

physician

BD1833

Barlow, Edward

1785- 1848

1812-37

Physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1819-1844 and Governor 1819. In 1819 proposed what became the BRLSI. Devotee of phrenology.

BD1812-37

An Essay on the Medicinal Efficacy and Employment of the Bath Waters, 1822; An Apology for the Study of Phrenology, 1825; papers in early editions of the Provincial Med and Surg Assoc.

Barnard, John Fryer

1826-37

surgeon

BD1826-37

Barnes, J.W.

1826-37

dentist, apothecary

BD1826-37

Barry, James

1830

physician

BD1830

Barry, William

1764

surgeon

Barter, Thomas

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Bath

1781

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

From Chilcompton

BC 1/2/1781

Bave, Charles

c1675-1734

1699-

MD Oxford. Grandson of Samuel. An early proposer of the Bath Gen Hospital. Promoter of the river Avon navigation. Lessee of the Blue Anchor in Bath.

Survey of Old Bath; CM 17/6/1724

Bave, Francis

c.1677-1733

c.1698-1733

apothecary

Brother of Charles. Surgeon to Bellotts Hospital 1704. On Bath City Council from 1709. Mayor in 1729/30. Lessee of the Sun Tavern in Northgate Street.

Bave, Samuel

1588-1668

1640-1668

physician

Born at Cologne? MD Paris and Oxford. Physician to John Aubrey

Baylies, William

1724-1787

c1757-63

physician

MD Aberdeen commenced practice in Worcester. FRCP Edinburgh. Moved to Bath to practice, but left after a bitter dispute with the Oliver. He was appointed physician to the Middlesex Hospital in 1764. Left England in 1770 because of financial difficulties and settled in Germany. He became physician to Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. The king said of him “To have acquired such skill, you must have killed a great many people” Baylies replied “Not as many as you, your Majesty” he died in Berlin. March 2, 1787

Monk. DNB

Practical Reflections on… the Bath Waters, 1757; A Narrative of Facts Demonstrating… that Physical Confederacyin Bath…,1757

Bayly, Hugh

?-1615

Bone setter

RP James. Bath Abbey register

Bayly, Ralph

1557- 1645

physician

MD Oxford. Buried in Widcombe

Guidott. Raach.

Bayntun, Francis

1837

dentist

BD1837

Bayntun, Wilmot R

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833-7

Bealey, William

1819-37

physician

BD1819- 37

Beden, Andrew

died 1699

Physician

Bath Abbey register

Beeston, Jon

1675- 1727

physician

MD Oxford and Leyden. Trustee of subscribers to the Bath Gen Hospital. Possibly the Dr Beeston mentioned in Defoe's Journey through the island of Great Britain

Bath Abbey register. Wood.

Bell

1806-1812

surgeon, apothecary, druggist

BD1809-12

Benny

1826-9

physician

BD1826-9

Berdoe, Marmaduke

1773

physician

BD 1773

Theory of the Human Sensations, 1773, and essays on gout, blood, vision, and the 'electric fluid'.

Berkitt

1800-22

physician

BD1800-22

Bettenson (Betison), Richard

1651- 1724

Physician

Born Lesnewth, Cornwall. MD Oxford. Gave £100 towards bulding the first Pump Room. Trustee of subscribers to the Bath Gen Hospital

Bath Abbey register. Wood.

Bettie, Solomon

1830-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-7

Billers (Bellowes), John

1614-1647

Physician

Bath Abbey register. Raach

Bird, John

1837

dentist

BD1837

Bishop, James

1767-9

apothecary

Partner of Pearce, qv, until 1769. Married 1767

Blackmore, Edward

1833-7

physician

BD1833-7

Blake, John

c.1718-

c.1739-92

apothecary

BD1773-92; BC 21/10/1779

Blatchley

1800

midwife

BD1800

Bliss, John E

1829-30

Physician

55,Gt Pulteney Street

BD1829-30

Blood

1826

surgeon, accoucheur

BD1826

Boisragon

1805-1808

physician

BD1805

Bostock, Richard

?-1747

1737-45

Physician

MD Utrecht. Practised in Shropshire and later in Bath. Physician to Bath Gen. Hospital 1744-5 and Governor 1744.

Bowen, William

1796-1812

apothecary

By 1809 partner of Spry, qv. On Bath City Council from 1799. Jane Austen's apothecary. Mixum in Warner's Bath Characters.

BD1800-09

Bowie

1819-37

physician

BD1819-37

Brabant, John

1798

electric therapist

Brent

?-1769

physician

BJ 4/9/1769

Breuer/Brewer, Theodore

1790-1819

dentist, accoucheur

BD1800-19

Brewer

1783

apothecary

Married Mrs Delason 1783.

BJ 7/7/1783

Brewer, James

1826

?

BD1826

Brewer, Thomas

?-1665

1630

Physician

Raach

Brewer, William

1787

surgeon

In 1784 at Corsham.

BD1784

Brewster, Thomas

1706-1757

1744-57

Physician

MD Oxford. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1744-57 and Governor 1742. Mentioned in Fielding's Tom Jones.

DNB

Brickenden, Thomas

1837

?

BD1837

Britta(i)n, Henry

1829-37

surgeon

BD1829-37

Brodrip

1805-09

physician

BD1805-09

Brown, James

?-1793

physician

Bath Abbey register

Brown, Richard Wilson

c1785-1860

surgeon, accoucheur

FRCS. Surgeon to Bath United Hospital

BD1819-37

Browne, Ebenezer

1822-37

surgeon

BD1822-37

Browne-Mill, George Gavin

1774-1842

1805-1842

Surgeon and physician

Attended Louis XVIII who made him a baron in 1820. Born George Browne, he added the name Mill in 1803

BD1805-19

Bruton

1800-1805

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

BD 1800

Bryant, Sarah

1770-92

midwife

Daughter of John Campbell, q.v.

BC 31/5/70

Burkitt

1800-1820

Physician

Lampooned as Borecat in Warner's Bath Characters

Bath directories

Busby, William

c.1723-69

c.1744-69

apothecary

Married Miss Bishop 1755.

Bush, George Frederick

1828-1837

apothecary

Assistant to W.B.Farnell then Resident apothecary Bath Gen Hospital

BD1837

Bush, Samuel

c.1695-1784

c.1716-84

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1734. Mayor in 1763/4. Governor of Bath Gen Hospital. Satirised in the caricature The Knights of Bath.

Bush, Thomas

?-1782

apothecary

BC 23/5/1782

Bush,William

1830s

surgeon

Surgeon to the eye and ear dispensary 1837

Observations on the cause and formation of cancers. Bath 1804

Bushell, William

1723

apothecary

Butt, Edward

1822-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1822-37

Cabry

?-1788

1788?

apothecary

BJ 19/5/1788

Cadby

1778-1784

surgeon, apothecary

BD1778

Cam, Thomas Croxall

c1805-1842

surgeon, accoucheur

Surgeon to the Bath city infirmary and dispensary. Sheriff 1815, 1817. chief constable 1822. Son was a surgeon at Hereford infirmary

BD1805-37

A case of a wound in the perineal artery in which the limb was saved by removing a portion of the fibula

Campbell, John

1770

physician, accoucheur

Father of Sarah Bryant, q.v.

BC 31/5/70

Canvane, Peter

1764-73

physician

Diaryof John Baker; BD1773

A Dissertation on… Castor Oil, 1766

Carsley

1822

surgeon, apothecary

BD1822

Cattell, William

?-1782

1773-82

surgeon

On Bath City Cou ncil from 1773.

BC 20/6/1782; BD1773-8

Chandler, James

1792

dentist, apothecary

BD1792

Chapman, Robert

1624-1700

apothecary

n Bath City Council by 1660. Mayor in 1668/9, 1678/9 and 1689/90.

Charleton, Rice

1722-1789

c1750-1781

physician

MD Oxford. FRS. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1757-81 and Governor 1752. Collected pictures and sat to Gainsborough, whom he also treated in 1763.E76

DNB; BD1773-8

A Treatise on the Bath Waters, 1753; An Inquiry into the Efficacy of Wam Bathing in Palsies, 1770Three Tracts on the Bath Waters, 1774;

Charlton

?-1797

1782-97

dentist

BD 1787; BC 7/3/1782, 13/2/1783, 14/9/1786, 21/3/1788, 4/11/1790, 18/5/1797

Cheyne, George

1671-1743

?-1743

physician

FRS. Celebrity doctor and author of influential texts on gout, healthy lifestyle, vegetarian diet, and nervous debility. Advised Alexander Pope and Samuel Richardson.

Observations Concerning Gout, 1720; The English Malady, 1733; An Essay on Health and Long Lifr; The Natural Method of Cureing, 1742; and other works.

Chichester, John

1809-1820

physician

Physician to the Eye Infirmary

BD1809-19

A Statement of Facts…, 1819

Child, Charles

pre-1665-1723

by 1685-1723

apothecary

On Bath City Council by 1685. Mayor in 1709/10. Case 34 in Guidott's register of Bath (1st hundred)

Chilton, Joseph

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Chittick, Walter

?-1761

Physician

Bath Chronicle

Church, William John

1829-37

surgeon

BD1829-37

Clarke, William

1639- 1684

1660-?1671

physician

born in Swainswick. Died in Stepney

DNB

Clarke,Henry

1832

Physician

Ran Bailbrook Mental Asylum with Joseph Hume Spry.

Cleland, Archibald

c.1700-71

1741-54

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1742-3. Dimiised on a a charge of indecent practice.

BMJ article

An Appeal to the Public, 1743; A Full Vindicationof Mr Cleland's Appeal, 1744

Clifton

1819-20

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath City infirmary and Dispensary.

BD1819-37

Cogan

1809

physician

BD1809

Colborn, Edmund

1721?-65?

apothecary

Colburne, William

1734-48

apothecary

Subscriber to Quinton's "Treatise on Warm Bath Water"

Cole, Edward

?-1763

1753-63

apothecary

Resident apothecary Bath Gen Hospital 1753-63.

Collibee, Edward Bushell

c.1707-95

c.1730-?

apothecary

Son of William Collibee, q.v. On Bath City Council from 1735. Mayor in 1756/7, 1765/6, 1775/6 and 1785/6. Supporter of the elder William Pitt as a Bath M.P. Refused to pay his wife Elizabeth's debts.

BC 15/9/1774

Collibee, William

1672-1728

c.1693-1728

apothecary

Leased New Inn in 1715. On Bath City Council from 1701. Mayor in 1719/20.

Collins, Thomas

1785-1805

apothecary

Married Miss Wheeler 1789.

BJ 20/4/1789. BD1800-05

Cooke

?-1800

1773-1800

apothecary

BD1773-8

Coombs, William

1809-37

surgeon

BD1809-37

Coombs, William

c1809-1842

surgeon

MRCS

BD1809-37

Coraud/Crow

?-1756

1756

surgeon, accoucheur

BJ 8/3/56

Corbin, Henry

1830

surgeon

BD1830

Corp, William

1785-1787

apothecary then physician

In partnership with William Gallaway, qv, 1778. Distinguished obstructive jaundice. Discussed this in relationship to cystic duct obstruction. Rejects idea of spasm of cystic duct as a cause of jaundice and stop

Freeman. The Thermal baths of Bath. p xiv; BC 23/7/1778

An Essay on the Jaundice, 1784; An essay on changes produced in the body by the operation of the mind. Bath 1792

Cox, J.

1819

surgeon

BD1819

Cox, William Abraham

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Crabry

1777

apothecary

Thicknesse

Crawford, Stewart

c1775-1847

physician

Doctor sauerkraut in Warner's Bath characters

BD1800-37

Creaser, Thomas

1800-1820

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

MRCS.Surgeon to the Bath city infirmary and dispensary

BD1800-19

Evidence of the Utility of Vaccine Inoculation intended for the information for parents; 1801; The Extraordinary Case of Joseph Lockier…, 1806

Crook, Charles

c.1747-1843

c.1778-1843?

apothecary

Married Miss Drewett, a clothier's daughter, in 1786. In partnership with Kitson by 1812.

BJ 13/11/1786; BD1800-12

Crook, George Simon

1764-?

c .1786-1800

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1792. Probably the younger William Pitt's apothecary in 1802.

Bath directories

Crook, Simon

c.1722-?

c.1744-1784

apothecary

In partnership with Walter Gibbes, qv, until 1752. On Bath City Council 1754-91. Mayor in 1778. Satirised in the caricature The Knights of Bath, 1763.

BD1773-84

Crosby, John L

c1819-1848+

surgeon, apothecary

Surgeon to Bath City infirmary and Dispensary.

BD1819-37

Crow see Coraud

Cruttwell, C.W.

1809-12

surgeon

BD1809-12

Cruttwell, Clement

1743-1808

1770s-1780

surgeon, accoucheur

Founder member of the Bath and West agricultural Society. Married Miss Brooks 1771. Gave up surgery in 1780.

Bath Chronicle February 13, 1771

Advice to Lying-in Women, chiefly respecting the custom of drawing the breasts, 1779

Cullerne, Edmund

c.1724-65

c.1745-65

apothecary

Also made up veterinary medicines. From Malmesbury?

BC 30/9/1765 and 7/5 /1767

Cullerne, Simon

?-1750

?-1750

apothecary

Curtis, C.

1819

surgeon

BD1819

Daniell, John Bampfylde

1819-1844

Physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1830-1844 and Governor 1832.

BD1819-37

Dauntsey, John

c1572-1650

c1640

Physician

MD Oxford

Guidott. Bath Abbey register

Davidson

1829

chiropodist

BD1829

Davies, Richard

?-1761

c1746-1761

physician

Moved to Bath from Shrewsbury

BC 24/12/1761

To Promote the Experimental Analysis of the Human Blood, 1760

Davis, John Ford

1773-1864

c1808-1864

physician

Born in Bath. Physician to Bath Gen. Hospital 1817-1834

BD1800-37

An enquiry into the symptoms and treatment of carditis. Bath 1808.

Dawson, Benjamin

1767-83

apothecary

Possibly "A worthy citizen" in Warner's Bath Characters. Invented Dawson's lozenges

BD1773-8

Dawson, Knightly

1773-1800

apothecary, dentist

BD1792

Day, William

1791-1833

surgeon apothecary, accoucheur

Took the Catholic oath 1791.

BD17921833

Dechemant

1795-1800

dentist

A naturalised French émigré, he invented mineral paste false teeth.

BC 28/5/1795, 22/3/1798/ 27/3/1800

A Dissertation on Artificial Teeth in General 1798

Delacour

1773-80

physician

BD 1773-8; E.Green 'John Wilkes'

Ditcher, Philip

1720-81

1744-81

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1744-81 and Governor 1751. On Bath City Council from 1752. Mayor in 1774/5. In 1757 married daughter of the novelist Samuel Richardson.

BC 18/1/1781; PD's estate documents in Bath Record Office; BD1773-8

Dobson, Matthew

?-1784

1780-3

physician

MD, FRS.Member of 1st Bath Philosophical Society.

BD1784

A Medical Commentary on Fixed Air, 1780

Dodd, John

c.1716-91

1751-90

surgeon, apothecary, dentist

Married a distiller's widow 1757. Surgeon/apothcary to St James's & Abbey Poor House 1782

BD1773-87

Donne, John

?-1797

1734-97

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath General Hospital 1742-1797 and Governor 1748. Married 1754.

BD1773

Dubois de Chemant see Dechemant

Dulhunty

1822

?

BD1822

Dunlop, James

1830-37

physician

BD1830-7

Durlacher

1812-22

dentist

BD1812-22

Edwards, G.F.

1800-1820

surgeon, apothecary, oculist

In partnership with Maynard 1800. and with Pring c.1809.

BD1800-19

Observations on the Cow and Small Pox, 1805; Observations on the Purulent Ophthalmia of Infants., 1810

Edwards, Thomas Conway

1837-?

surgeon, apothecary

Proprietor of Bladud Spa, Larkhall

Egan

1819

army surgeon

BD1819

Elkington, J.G.

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1820-1.

Elliot

1819

physician

BD1819

Elmes, Thomas

1778

apothecary

In partnership with Anderton

BD1778

Elmes, Thomas

1777-1800

apothecary

B.D.(Thicknesse)

Elton, Thomas

1574- 1618

Physician

MD Oxford

Guidott. Bath Abbey register

Eren

1788-91

surgeon, trussmaker

By 1795 succeeded as trussmaker by his wife.

BC 13/11/1788, 22/12/1791, 30/4/1795

Ewart, John

?-1800

c1790-1800?

physician

Physician to the Pauper Charity, 1792. Held a post in Colombo, Ceylon, where he died in 1800.

BJ 8/9/1800;BD1792

A history of two cases of ulcerated cancer of the mammae, 1794

Faithorn, John

1830-7

physician

BD1830-7

Falconer, Thomas

1830-7

physician

BD1830-7

Falconer, William

1744-1824

c.1770-1824

physician

Lived at 29 The Circus. FRS. MD. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1784-1819 and Governor 1784. Member of the 1st and 2nd Bath Philosophical Societies. Dr Vellum in Warner's Bath Characters.

BD1773-1829; E.Wilson 'A Shropshire lady...'

Large number of publications on the Bath waters, ischias, influenza, plague , influence of the passions, health of farm workers, etc.

Falkner, Robert

1819, 1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1819, BD1837

Farnell, William Balme

1749-1829

1784-1829

apothecary

Resident apothecary to Bath Gen Hospital, 1784-1829.

Fear, R

1826-?

apothecary, druggist

Fellowes

1799-1822

physician

Physician to Prince of Wales. Treated Jane Austen's brother 1799.

BD1800-22

Field, Frederick

1826-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1826-37

Fisher, Samuel

1819-37

physician

Physician to the Penitentiary 1819.

BD1819

Flint

1812

physician

BD1812

Ford, John

1792

apothecary, dentist?

BD1792

Ford, John

c.1701-71?

c.1722-33

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1724

Ford, Richard

c.1666-1733

c.1687-1730

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1692. Mayor in 1713/14 nd 1730/1. Treasurer of the Bluecoats School.

Forrester

?-1618

Physician

Bath Abbey register

Forster

1805-22

apothecary

BD1805-22

Fosbrooke

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1829

Foster, John

1767-1805

apothecary

Mr Gripes in Warner's Bath characters

BD1773-92; BC 21/10/1779

Fothergill,Anthony

1732-1813

1784-1803

physician

LRCP FRS. Moved from Bath to Philadelphia.

BD1792-1800

Various publications including papers on resuscitation, rabies, lead and copper poisoning, and alcohol abuse.

Fowles, Daniel

1829-1841

surgeon, apothecary

BD1829-37

Foy

?-c.1789

1761-89

dentist

Visited Bath from c.1761 but later resident.

BJ 26/1/1761; BC 10/11/1763, 13/9/1770, 20/10/1774, 5/6/1777, 19/4/1781, 13/10/1785

Franckling

1806-1812

apothecary, druggist

Fraser, William

1787-1798

physician

On Bath City Council from 1791

BD1792

French, Thomas

c.1699-1762

1730s-62

apothecary

On Bath City Council 1738-60.

BJ 24/5/1762

Frier, George

?-1764

surgeon, apothecary

BC 9/2/1764

Fryer, William H

1833-c1846

surgeon, apothe ary

BD1833-37

Gabry, John

?-1788

1767-88

apothecary

Also made up veterinary medicines in manner of late Edmund Cullerne, qv

BD1773-8

Gaitskell, Joseph Ashley

1819-37

surgeon, accoucheur

BD1819-37

An Essay on Catarrhal Inflammation of the Intestine, 1819.

Gallaway, William

?-1778

1740-1778

apothecary

Married Mary Cullerne 1740. In partnership with William Corp, qv, 1778. Gallaway's Buildings named after him.

BC 23/7/1778; BD1773-8

Garlick, W. B.

1791

surgeon

Bath directories

Garrard

1800

surgeon

BD1800

Garthwayte

1806-1812

apothecary, druggist

Gent, John

c.1748-?

c.1769-1805

apothecary, druggist

BD1792-1800

George, Richard Francis

1826-?

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1827-60 and Governor 1828.

BMA list; BD1826-37

Gibb(e)s, Henry

c.1691-1735?

c.1712-35?

apothecary

Gibb(e)s, Rosewell

?-1738

apothecary?

Son of Thomas Gibb(e)s, q.v. On Bath City Council from 1708. Mayor in 1725/6.

Gibb(e)s, Thomas

?-1718

1672-1718

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1672. Mayor in 1699/1700 and 1711/12.

Gibb(e)s, Walter

?-1752

1736-52

apothecary

In partnership with Simon Crook 1752. On Bath City Council from 1744.

BJ 24/8/1752

Gibbes, Sir George Smith

physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1804-18 and Governor 1804. Member of the 2nd Bath Philosophical Socirty. Developed a process for coverting animal waste into spermaceti etc at the Gibbesium factory at Conham. Gave inaugural lecture to the BRLSI, 1825. Probably 'Dr Faddle' in Warner's Characters.

BD1805-33

A Few Observations on Animal Matter…, 1796; A Syllabus of… Chemical Lectures, 1799; A Treatise on the Bath Waters, 1800-3; A Phlogistic Theory, 1809

Gibbs, Walter

?-1711

apothecary

Gillies, James

1819-26

physician

BD1819-26

Gillum, Raphael

1800-37

physician

Physician to Bath City Dispensary. Delivered botanical lectures 1800.

BD 1800-37; BC 15/5/1800

Gilpin

1800-1809

surgeon apothecary, accoucheur

BD1800-05

Goddard

1773

physician

BD1773

Godfrey, Elizabeth

1800

midwife

BD 1800

Godfrey, H [Race?]

1819-1848

surgeon

BD1819-37

Godfrey, Mary

?-1800

c.1740-1800

midwife

Practised in Bath over 60 years

BD 1792 and 1800; BJ 1/12/1800

Goldstone, Charles

1777-1800

apothecary, dentist

BDs

Goldstone, George

1800-1848+

surgeon apothecary dentist

BC 11/12/1800; BD1800-37

Goldstone, John

?-1773

1744-73

dentist

The first fully resident Bath dentist. Partnered by his son Richard c.1764.

BJ 9/4/1744, 28/10/1754, 14/4/1755, 25/4/1757, 10/11/1760; BC 11/10/1764, 28/1/1773

Goldstone, Richard I

1744-99

1767-99

apothecary, dentist

Partnered his father John c.1764.

BD1773-92; BC 4/2/1773, 24/10/1776

Goldstone, Richard II

1830-1841

surgeon

BD1829-33

Goldstone, Robert

1799-1822

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

Surgeon/apothecary to St James's & Abbey Poor House 1801-4.

BD1800-22

Goldstone, William I

1749-

1773

apothecary, dentist

Son of John Goldstone, qv

BC 4/2/1773; D1773

Goldstone, William II

1830-31

surgeon

BD1829-33

Goldwyer, John

1794-1809

surgeon, oculist

BD1800-05

Goodall, Jane

1759-92

midwife

Came from London 1759 on death of Mrs Tubb, q.v.

BJ 26/3/59; BD 1792

Gordon

1773

physician

BD1773

Gore, Richard T.

1826-37

surgeon, apothecary

In partnership with G.Kitson by 1826.

BD1826-37

Graham, James

1745-94

1774-91

oculist, aurist, nature healer

Studied medicine in Edinburgh. Often regarded as a quack, advocating mud baths, electrical therapy, etc but had good ideas on diet, bathing, etc. Periodically resident at Bath where he associated in Bath with the Catharine Macaulay circle. Later became a religious enthusiast.

Bath newspapers 1774-91

The General State of Medical and Chirurgical Practice, c.1778; A New, Plain… Treatise on the Bath Waters, 1789.

Grant, Alexander

1761-?

1791-1831

surgeon, apothecary

MRCS; in partnership with B.Acton c.1820-30.

BD1792-1830

Grant, Jane

1749

midwife

BJ 12/6/1749

Graves, Danvers

1774

apothecary

Gray(Grey), John

1795, 1809-1842

surgeon, apothecary

BC 28/5/1795; BD1800-37

Green, Charles

1783-92

apothecary

BD 1783-92; BJ 27/4/1789

Greville, Charles E.

1829-37

physician, accoucheur

BD1829-37

Griffith, Guyon

?-1784

Bath Abbey register

Grigg, John

1787-91

surgeon

Surgeon to the Bath Pauper Charity. Specialised in women's and children's complaints. Married in 1784.

BC July 14 and 30/12/1790; BD1792

Advice to the Female Sex in General…, 1789

Grist, James

?-1757

1714-57

apothecary

Lessee of the Nag's Head.

BJ 12/9/1757

Guidott, Thomas

1638-1705

physician

A Discourse of Bath, 1676; A Century of Observations, 1686; The Register of Bath, 1694; An Apology for the Bath, 1705.

Gusthart, Robert

?-1780?

1758-77

Physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital1761-80 and Governor 1752.

BJ 10/4/1758; BD1773-8

Guy, Melmouth

1778

surgeon

A Treatise on… Schirrous Tumours and Cancers, 1778

Gye, Richard

c.1727-82

1751-78

apothecary

Journeyman apothecary to John Morris at the Bath Gen Hosp.

BJ 30/9/1751; BC 21/2/1782; BD1773-8

Hamilton

1792

physician

BD1792

Hamilton, Thomas

1767-78

apothecary

BD1778

Hancock

1809-12

apothecary

BD1809-12

Hanham, Fred

1833

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833

Hardy, C.H.

1819-37

physician

BD1819-37

Hardy, Charles

c1790- 1843

physician

MD Oxford. MRCP. Physician to the Bath United Hospital

Bath directories. Munk's roll

Harford, Charles

c.1749?-79

1771-79

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1774. Lessee of old White Lion.

BD1773-8

Harford, John

c.1711-59

c.1733-59

apothecary

BJ 20/8/1759

Harington, Edward

1696-1757

1724-1750

Physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1740-50 and Governor 1739. Married a daughter of Charles Bave, q.v. An aunt bought him a £1200 house in Queen Square, but had family house at Kelston. Mentioned in Fielding's Tom Jones.

HMC 63/2/5.7.1736

Harington, Henry

1727- 1816

1762-?

Physician

Moved to Bath 1762 after practising at Wells. Founded the Bath Harmonic Society and wrote glees etc. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1780-99 and Governor 1763. Physician to the Duke of York. Dr Harmony in Warner's Bath Characters. On Bath City Council from 1770 and Mayor in 1793/4.

DNB

Bath Anecdotes and Characters, by the Genius Loci, 1782

Harington, William

1784

physician

BD1784

Harman, Edward B.

1833-7

physician

BD1833-7

Harries, Charles A.

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833-7

Harris, W.Hay

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833-7

Harrison, R.S.

1833

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833

Harrison, Thomas

1826-33

surgeon, apothecary

BD1826-33

Harrison, William H.S.

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Hart, H

1779-92

dentist

BC 11/11/1779, 27/12/1792

Hartley, David

1705-57

1744-48

physician

MD,FRS. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1744-8 and Governor 1742. Developed the psychological theory of association.

De Lithontriptico, 1746; Observations on Man, 1749

Harvey, Alexander/Alfred Augustus

1819-1848+

surgeon and physician

MRCS

BD1819-37

Haviland, James

?-1779

1771-79

apothecary

In partnership with John Kitson. On Bath City Council from 1772. Married Archdeacon Seagre's daughter Sophia 1771.

BC 18/7/1771 and 13/1/1780; BD1773

Haviland, Thomas

1706-70

c.1733-68

apothecary

Had a botanic garden and collected fossils. Active freemason. Advised the Penrose family in 1766.

Thicknesse; BC 20/12/1770

Hay, Alexander

?-1785

1771-1785

surgeon, apothecary

Married Miss Bevan 1771. In partnership with his son by 1800.

Bath Chronicle; BD1778-1809

Hay, George Edmund

1775- 1844

1800-37

apothecary

In partnership with Thomas Phinn by 1812. Treated Fanny Burney's husband d'Arblay in 1818.

BMA list; BD1826-37

Haygarth, John

1798-?

physician

MD, FRS. Settled in Bath 1798 from Chester. Founder member of the 2nd Bath Philosophical Society. Organised a trial of the Perkins tractors.

BD1800-12

On the Imagination as a Cause and Cure of Disorders…,1800; Medical Transactions, 1801; A Clinical History of Diseases, 1805; A Private Letter… to the Right Rev.Dr Porteus…, 1812

Hayward, Francis

1809- 1831

physician

BD1812-30

Hemmings, Michael

1795

1778-95

apothecary

BD1778-92; BC 8/8/1795

Henshaw, Jonathan

c.1705-64

c.1728-64

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1740. Probably satirised in the caricature The Knights of Bath, 1763.

Hereford

1809- 1813

physician

BD1812

Hereford, Roger

?-1774

1752-74

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1755.

BC 15/9/1774; BD1773

Hickes, Charles

?-1762

c1812-1846

surgeon

BD1812-37

Observations on the treatment of stricture of the rectum Med & Phys J. Vol 44. p34. 1820

Hill, Edward

1833

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833

Hill, John H.

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Hill, Thomas

1822-30

surgeon

BD1822-30

Hillary, William

c1700-1763

1734-1752

Physician

MD Leyden. Moved from Ripon to Bath. Developed Lyncombe House as a spa

Article by C C Booth in Medical History

An Inquiry into Lincomb Spaw Water, 1742

Hitchins, Thomas

1830-7

surgeon

BD1830-7

Holman, James

1799-1800

physician

Physician to Bath Infirmary.

D 1800

Holman, James

1800-05

physician

BD1800-05

Holman, James

1766-1812

physician

MD Edinburgh and Leyden. Physician to the Bath Gen Hospital 1800-4 (Governor 1799) and to the Bath city infirmary and dispensary

Munk. Innes-Smith

Hooper

1819-22

apothecary

BD1819-22

Horton, John Collibee

c.1769-?

c.1792-1809?

apothecary

Horton, John I

c.1708-79

c.1729-?

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1739. Mayor in 1771/2.

Horton, John II

c.1738-?

c.1759-1800

apothecary

Apothecary to Bellot's Hospital. On Bath City Council from 1765. Mayor in 1790/1 and 1799/1800. Married daughter of E.B.Collibee, qv., 1767.

BD1773-92

Horton, Thomas

c.1778-1800

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1794.

Thicknesse; BD 1787; BC 27/3/1783

Howell, John W.

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Howells, William

1768-71

dentist

BC 17/11/1768, 19/12/1771

Howse, Henry

c.1721-94

1740s-75

apothecary

BH 12/4/1794

Hunt, Ezra

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833-7

Hunt, F

1819-20

surgeon, apothecary

MRCS LSA Member of London Vaccine Institute

BD1819

Hunter, William E.

1837

physician

BD1837

Hutchinson, Edmund

?-1791

1752-89

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1782. Married Mrs Folijamb 1759.

BD1773

Irvine, Walter

1837

physician

BD1837

James

1829

surgeon

BD1829

Jeffrys, James

1733-?

c.1754-58

apothecary

Jennings, John

?-1776

1740s-1776

physician

BC 2/5 /1776; BD1773

Jones, Giles

1744-1755

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1744-55 and Governor 1751.

Univ Directory

Kelly, Nicholas

1790-1805

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

Surgeon/apothecary to St James's and Abbey Poor House 1790-1801.

BD1792-1800

Kelso

1791

physician

BD1792

Kidstone

1833

physician

BD1833

Kilvert, John

1826-37

surgeon

BMA list; BD1826-37

King, George

1826-1860+

surgeon, apothecary, druggist

Member of Medical Book Society

BMA list; BD1826-33

King, J.

1829

surgeon

BD1829

King, Thomas

1795-1837

apothecary

MRCS. Superintended William Sole's business c.1796-1800.

BC 27/11/1800; BD1809-37

Kingstone, Edward

c.1703-48

c.1725-48

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1742.

BJ 13/6/1748

Kinneir, David

?-1773

1767-73

apothecary

Partner of William Street, qv, and concerned in smallpox inoculation at Lyncombe Spa.

A New Essay on the Nerves and…Animal Spirits, 1738

Kirkland

1809-1813

physician

BD1809-12

Kitson, George

1781-1859

1803-1842

surgeon, apothecary

MRCS. In partnership with R.T. Gore by 1826. Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1817-1842 and Governor 1810.

BMA list; BD1819-37

Kitson, John

1744-1829

c.1766-1819

apothecary

Partnerof James Haviland, qv. On Bath City Council from 1791. Mayor in 1818/19. Apothecary to Queen Charlotte 1819. Father of George Kitson, qv. Freeman of Bath 1782

BD1778-1822

Knapp, George

1830-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-7

Knight, Henry

1773-1801

apothecary

Mainly a chemist and druggist.

BD1773-8

Knight, W.D.

1796

physician

A Hint to Valetudinarians, 1796; A Concise Statement of the… Pill Unique…, 1796

Langworthy, Charles Cunningham

1771-1847

Physician

MD St Andrews. Proprietor of Kingsdown House, Box - and early private mental asylum. Sole agent of Perkins tractors outside London.

BD1805-37

A view of the Perkinean electricity or an enquiry into the influence of metallic tractors. 1798

Langworthy, Robert Austen

1826-c1841

surgeon

Surgeon to Kingsdown House

BD1826-37

Larman, Joseph

?-1784

1774-84

apothecary

Succeeded Roger Hereford, qv

BC 15/9/1774 and 25/11/1784; BD1778

Lee, John

c1755-1822

1792-1822

Physician

MD Rheims, MRCP, FRS. Born in Kerry.

BD1792-1822; Munks Roll

A narrative of a singular gouty case with observations. 1782

Lesse, Robert

1580

Copy of pamphlet held in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington

Hembry Vol1

"A brief view of all baths, etc…"

Levis, Abraham

1780

dentist

Son of Benjamin Levis..

BC 4 /5/1780

Levis, Benjamin

?-1780

1762?-80

dentist

Practised alongide his wife Elinor.

BC 10/10/1776, 19/11/1778

Levis, Elinor

1776-80

Practised alongside her husband and after his death.

BC 21/9/1780

Lewis, Duncan

1829-30

surgeon

BD1829-30

Lewis, William

1829-37

physician

BD1829-37

Lloyd, John Augustus

c1805-1852

1829-1852

surgeon and physician

FRCS. MD Aberdeen. Physician to Institution for Diseases of the Chest and Cancer.

Plarr; BD1833-7

Lloyd, Ruth

1800

midwife

BD 1800

Long, John

1812-1836

surgeon, apothecary

BD1812-26

Long, William James

1830-33

surgeon

BD1830-33

Lovell, John

1754-77

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1754, reigned as Alderman 1777.

Lowder, Charles D.T.

1833

physician

BD1833

Lucas, Charles

physician?

Controversially analysed the Bath waters and found no sulphur component.

An Essay on Waters, 1756; The Letters of Doctor Lucas and Doctor Oliver Occasioned by a Physical Confederacy…, 1757; Cursory Remarks on…Investigating the… Bath Waters, 1764

Lucas, Robert

1800

surgeon, apothecary

BD1800-12

Lysons, Daniel

1727- 1800

1770- 1800

physician

MD Oxford. Physician to Bath Pauper Charity 1772, and to Bath Gen Hospital 1781-1800 (Governor 1771). Publicised the medical use of camphor and cardamine.

BD1773-92

Further Observation upon the Effects of Camphire and Calomel…. 1777; Practical Essays upon… Fevers, 1772; various papers inPhilosophical Transactions and other medical journals

Lyster, Henry

1773

surgeon

Got a Bath girl pregnant while visiting Spa (now in Belgium)

Bath City Settlement Examinations; BD1773

MacKee

1819

apothecary

BD1819

MacNolty, John

c1819-1848

surgeon

BD1819-37

Manne

1822

dentist

BD1822

Manningham, Thomas

?-1794

physician

BC 13/2/1794

Mansford, John Griffith

1820-1842

surgeon

MRCS. Lived 11, Walcot Parade. In partnership with Barter 1829-33

BD1822-37

The invalids companion to Bath. 1820. researches into the nature and causes of epilepsy. Bath 1819.

Mapleton

1799-1803

physician

Lived at 11 The Circus. Consulted by Jane Austen & family

Bath Chronicle 1803;BD1800

Marriott, Peter

?-1857

1826-1857

surgeon

In partnership with Wood by 1829

BMA list; BD1826-37

Marryat

1779

physician

BC 2/9/1779

New Practice of Physic

Marsh, William

1829-30

surgeon, apothecary

BD1829-30

Mason, William

1829-30

surgeon

BD1829-30

Massy, Hugh

c1830-1860+

surgeon, apothecary

MRCS LSA Senior surgeon to Lying- in Charity

BD1830-7

Matravers, Richard

c.1680?-1746

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1720. Mayor in 1736/7.

BJ 7/7/1746

Maycock, James D.

1830

physician

BD1830

Mayhew, Frederick

1802-1829

apothecary

BD1822-9

Mayhew, Richard

1787-1802

apothecary

BD1783-1819

Maynard

1800

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

In partnership with G.F.Edwards

BD 1800

Meagher

18009

physician

BD1800-09

Merry, James Owen

c1800-1826

Physician

BD1800-26

A conscious view of circumstances and proceedings respecting vaccine inoculation… bath 1800

Michel, Pierre

1812-37

dentist

BD1812-37

Millman

1800

physician

letters of Jane Austen

Mills, James

1770

dentist

BC 4/1/1770

Mills, William

1800-1806

apothecary

BD1800-05

Milsom, George

?-1772

1767-72

apothecary

Married Fanny Hales 1767. Leased the Pelican Inn.

BC 29/10/1767 and 23/1/1772. BRO, Acc.72

Moger, R.G.

1833

surgeon.,apothecary

BD1833

Mogg

1822

physician

BD1822

Moodie, John

1789-1820

physician

BD1792-1822; Munks Roll

Moody

1819-29

surgical mechanic

By 1829 in partnership with Bell

BD1819-29

Moore, Henry

c1670-1711

c.1700

apothecary

Guidott

Moore, John

1659-1727?

1706-50?

apothecary

Morewood, George Alexander

d 1859

1819

physician

Physician to the Forces.

BD1819. Glasgow Uni. Graduate index.

Morgan

1819

apothecary

BD1819

Morgan, John F

1819-1848+

surgeon

BD1809-37

Morgan, William I.

1837

physician

BD1837

Morris, Daniel

c.1721?-84 or 85

c.1742?-76

apothecary

In partnership with John Morris 1755. Gave the Abbey Church silver vessels 1784.

BC 20/10/1755 and 9/6/1785; BD1773

Morris, John

?-1759

1733-57

apothecary

First apothecary to Bath Gen Hospital

BJ 25/4/1757 and 23/4/1759; Warner, Hist p.265

Mountjoy, W.

1822

surgeon, apothecary

BD1822

Moysey, Abel

1716-1780

?-1780

physician

MD Oxford. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital1747-80 and Governor 1747. Resided at Rosewell house. Portrait printed by Gainsborough. Dr Fleecem in Warner's Bath Characters. His son, also Abel Moysey, was one of Bath's two MPs, 1774-90.

BC 17/8/1780; BD1773-8

Murchison, Simon

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Murray, John A

c1760-c1820

physician

Doctor Turbot in Warner's Bath characters

Munk; BD1800-19

Muttlebury, James

1785-1833

1822-1833

physician

MD St Andrew's FRCP. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1822-30 and Governor 1825.

Munk; BD1800-19

Newman

1806-1812

physician (apothecary?)

BD1809-12

Nichol(l)s, Morgan

c.1740-1817

1773-1817

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1794-1817 and Governor 1795. On Bath City Council from 1784. Attended Nelson in Bath.

BD 1773-1812

Nichols, John

?-1752

apothecary

Apothecary to the Pauper Scheme ?

BJ 9/10/1752

Noble, Walter

1735

apothecary

Nooth, James

1792-1805

surgeon, accoucheur

The brother of John Mervyn Nooth. In 1792 made consulting surgeon to the Bath City Infirmary.

BJ 23/7/1792; BD1800-05

Observations on the treatment of scirrhous tumours of the breast. Bath 1803

Norman, George

c.1783-1861

1809-57

surgeon

Surgeon at Bath Casualty Hospital from 1816. Married daughter of John Kitson, q.v. Mayor of Bath 1834 and 1841 .

BD1822-37; J.Chivers in Bath History v.12.

Norman, James

?-1827

1783-1811

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Casualty Hospital, 1788-1816. Born in Bristol. Previously surgeon to Bristol Royal Infirmary. Father of George Norman

BD1792-1826; J.Chivers in Bath History vol.11

Nugent, Christopher

1753

physician

An Essay on the Hydrphobia, 1753

Ogilvie, A.

1833

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833

Oliver, Thomas

1826-1838

surgeon

MRCS

Clippings file in bath reference library;BD1826-37

Oliver, Thomas

1826-37

physician

BD1826-37

Oliver, William I

physician

A Practical Essay on Fevers...[and] Dissertation on the Bath-Waters, 1704

Oliver, William II

1695-1764

c.1730-c.1761

Physician

MD Cambridge and Leyden. FRS. Founder member of Bath Gen Hospital, Physician there 1740-61 and Governor 1739. Involved in professional dispute with Charles Lucas, 1757 - see Letters of Dr Lucas and Dr Oliver Occasioned by a Physical Confederacy, 1757.

A Practical Essay on... Warm Bathing in Gouty Cases, 1751; Cases of Patients Admitted into the Infirmary at Bath, 1760

Ormond, George (or John?)

1829-41

surgeon

BMA list; BD1829-37

Ormond, John

1829-37

surgeon

BD1829-37

Orpen, John

c.1699-?

c.1720-33

apothecary

Page, Phillip

c.1745-?

c. 1766-71

apothecary

BC 3/10/1771

Palmer, Robert

1800-05

dentist

BD1800-05

Palmer, Thomas

?-1762 or 1769

1747-62?

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1742-62 and Governor 1749. On Bath City Council from 1746. Granted two corpses for dissection 1758.

BJ 10/4/1758 and 9/10/1769

Parker, Henry

c1630-1674

apothecary

Father of Dr Henry Parker

Parker, Henry

1654-1736

physician

MA Oxford. Probably the Dr Parker whose lodgings are illustrated on Gilmore's map.

Bath Abbey register

Parkinson, Felix

1829-37

dentist

BD1829-37

Parry

?-1766

apothecary

BJ 10/2 /1766 and 10/3/1766

Parry, Caleb Hillier

1755-1822

physician

MD Edinburgh. FRS. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1799-1817 and Governor 1783. Member of the Bath & West Society and the 1st Bath Philosophical Society. Many important discoveries about animal circulation. Described angina pectoris and thyrotoxicosis associated with eye changes. Treated Edmund Burke 1797 and Coleridge 1813. Many interests, including breeding merino sheep. Lived at Summerhill mansion. Father of Charles Henry and Sir William Parry, arctic explorer

Biography by Sholem Glaser

Many publications incl An Inquiry into the… Syncope Anginosa…,1799; Cases of Tetanus and Rabies Contagiosa…, 1814; Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics, 1815

Parry, Charles Henry

1779-1860

1806-1822

physician

MD Edinburgh. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1818-22 and Governor 1817.

BD1822-37

Parry, Henry

1764-1808

surgeon, apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1779. Mayor in 1802/3 and 1808/9. Married daughter of Henry Walters 1780.

BD1773-1805

Pattison

1829-30

physician

BD1829-30

Pearce

1769-70

apothecary

Partner of James Bihop until 1769. Married 1770.

BC 29/6/1769 and 4/1/1770

Peirce, Jerry

1696-1768

1726-47

surgeon

Son of a London Merchant Tailor. First surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1740-61 and Governor 1739. FRS. His house on Lansdown, Lilliput Castle (by John Wood) was visited by the Prince of Wales in 1750. Freeman of City in 1731. Resident at 9 Gay Street in 1766 (See Rate Book for that year) and had 3 stables in John Street. Mrs Ann Peirce continued occupation of these stables until at least 1776. in 1780 these stables belonged to Mr Crane.

Philosophical transactions volume xli page 56 1737; BJ 23/7/1750 and 18/12/1768

Pendrill, T. M.

1812-c1827

surgeon

MRCS

BD1812-26

Percival, Edward

c1819

physician

Son of Doctor Percival of Manchester.

BD1819

Practical observations on the treatment pathology and prevention of typhus fever. 1819

Perry, William

1783-1805

surgeon, accoucheur

Surgeon to St Jamas's Poorhouse 1784-90. On Bath City Council from 1796. Dr Foetus in Warner's Bath Characters.

BH 1800; BD1784-05

Perry, William

1830-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-37

Phillott, Charles

1746-1831

1768-?

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1776. Mayor in 1797/8, 1805/6, 1814/15, and 1823/4. Married Ann, daughter of Henry Wright qv, 1768. Brother of Joseph Phillott, surgeon.

BJ 15/8/1768; BD1773

Phillott, Joseph

c.1742-after 1833

1773-1833

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1797?-1820 and Governor 1768? On Bath City Council from 1780. Mayor in 1805/6?

BD1773-1819

Phinn, Thomas

c1782-1837

surgeon, apothecary

In partnership with George Hay

BMA list; BD1829-30

Plunkett Edgcumbe (Mrs)

1767-1800

cancer specialist

Podmore, Charles Henry

1830-3

surgeon

BD1830-3

Poinsett, Joel

1777-84

surgeon, apothecary

BD1778; BC 1/7/1779

Pooley, Charles

1830-7

apothecary

BD1830-7

Powell, R.

1826-9

surgeon

BD1826-9

Pownall, James

1833

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833

Prew, James

1829-37

dentist

BD1829-37

Priddie, Philip

1788-1791

surgeon, apothecary

BD1792

Priddie/Priddey

1806-1819

apothecary, druggist

?same as Philip Priddie

BD1819

Prince

1796-98

dentist

German dentist.

BJ 31/3/1796; BC 7/12/1797, 18/10/1798

Pring, Daniel

Surgeon and physician

An early exponent on colostomy operations. In partnership with Skinner by 1822.

BD1819-37

Various papers incl An Essay on the Absorbents…, 18 13; An Exposition of the Principles of Pathology, 1823

Pritchard, Thomas Skrine

c.1706-53

c.1727-53

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1733. His uncle William Skrine, qv, beqeathed him his apothecary goods - will proved 1727.

BJ 14/5/1753

Pultney, Mary

1755

midwife

Previously pracised at Cheltenham

BA 27/12/55

Radcliffe, John

1650-1714

1703

physician

First promoted, then criticised, the use of the Bath waters in favour of those at Tunbridge Wells.

Rayner, Alexander

1698-1750

1740-1750

Physician

MD Oxford. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1740-50 and Governor 1739.

Raynes

1759-89

oculist, aurist

Bath newspapers 1759, 1772, 1784

Renou

1822

surgeon

BD1822

Ribright

1784

optician

In partnership with B.Smith 1784.

BD1784

Richmond, Henry

?- 1806

1791- 1806

physician

Died at Stockport

BD1792-1800

Ritchie, Willis S.

1830-7

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-37

Rob(b)ins, Charles

?-1763

1752-63

apothecary

Lessee of the Joiners Arms.

BJ 12/9/1763

Rob(b)ins, Samuel

1792

apothecary

BJ 30/1/1792; BC 15/3/1792 ; BD1792

Roberts, Benjamin Lee

1829

surgeon

BD1829

Robertson, William

c1775-1837

physician

MD St Andrews

BD1800-33; Munk's Roll

Robinson

1800-05

surgeon

BD1800-05

Robinson

1800-1809

surgeon

BD 1800

Robinson, Stark

1791

physician

BD1792

Roe, Thomas

1800-1826

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

BD1800-22

Rundell, Thomas

?-1799?

1759-91

surgeon

Surgeon to Brudenell's Foot Regiment 1759. On Bath City Council from 1781.

BJ 19/3/59; BD1773-92

Ruspini, Barholomew

1728-1813

1758-79

dentist

Italian dentist with large reputation. Introduced a styptic remedy.

BJ 24/4 and 4/9/1758, 29/10/1759, 23/12/1762; BC 19/2/ 1776, 13/4/1794

Ruspini, James Bladen

1768-?

1787-98

dentist

Son of Bartholomew Ruspini. Surgeon-dentist to the Prince of Wales.

BDs; BC 25/10/1787, 4/11/1790, 11/4/1793

Russel(l), David

c.1731-65

1752-65

apothecary

Rye, William Beauchamp

1724-?

1770s

physician

MD Oxford Physician to the BathPauper Scheme

Bath Chronicle1772; BD1773-8

Salt

1812

surgeon

BD1812

Samburgh, Stewkley?

1734

apothecary

Subscriber to Quinton's "Treatise onWarm Bath Water"

Schomberg, Ralph

c.1761-c1777

physician

Left Bath after being accused of robbing a charity collection plate.

BD1773; The Letters of Sir William Jones, 1970, i, 156-7.

Mousike-Iatreia, 1774; The Theorists, 1774 Fashion:a Poem, 1778

Schoolbred, John

1829-30

physician

BD1829-30

Seager, William

1717-34

apothecary

Seale, Job

1829-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1829-37

Sealey, John H.

1833-7

physician, accoucheur

BD1833-7

Shaw, James

?-1784

physician?

Bath Abbey register

Sherring, W

1781

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

BC 23/8/1781

Sherwen, John

1809-1820

physician

BD1809-22; Munk's Roll

Cursory remarks on the nature and causes of marine scurvy 1782. observations on the diseased and contracted urinary bladder. 1799. Observations on the means of reducing strangulated herniae. Med & Phys J. vol 45 p19

Sherwood, John

1542- 1621

Physician

MD Cambridge, Rheims and Leyden

Guidott. Bath Abbey register. Raach. R.W.Innes-Smith

Shew, George

1794-1800

dentist

BD1800-19; BC 13/3/1794, 26/3/1795, 20/9/1798

Shew, Robert

1822-37

dentist

In partnership with his son by 1830

BD1822-37

Shipway

1769

nurse

BJ 16/10/1769

Shoreland

1819-c1825

GP

Partnership with Wingate

Shorland

1822

army surgeon

BD1822

Sigmond, Joseph

c.1750-?

1788-1825

dentist

BD1800-22; BC 18/12/1788, 21/2/1793, 17/12/1795,

A Practical and Domestic Treatise on the Diseases … of the Teeth and Gums, 1825

Sigmund, C

1826

physician

BD1826

Sinclair

1787

physician

Medical,Metaphysical… Iniquities no.1?

Skeate, Edwin

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Skinner, George

1826-37

surgeon

BD1826-37

Skrine, William

1672-1725

1703-25

apothecary

Kept two lodging houses incl Hetling House. Purchased Claverton Manor in 1714. Married (1) Dr Savile's widow Honor 1697. and (2) Ann Spurstow. His son William became a Cornish M.P. Treated Lady Bristol 1721-3. Bequeathed his apothecary goods to his nephew T.S.Pritchard, qv.

Skuse, John

c.1730-?

1763-84

apothecary

Resident apothecary Bath Gen Hospital 1763-84.

Slater, Charles P

1833-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1833-7

Sloper, James or John

1797-1822

apothecary

Apothecary to Kingston Baths 1800. Married Mrs Dylke 1800. Chief Constable 1812 & 1820. Sheriff 1814 & 1822

Fletcher and Harris; BD 1800-22; BJ 27/10/1800.

Serious reflections for rich and poor in times of sickness. 1817. Observations and experiments on the broadleaf willow bark. Bath 1798. various papers in the Medical and Physical Journal c1801

Smith

1791

physician

Bath directories

Smith-Gibbes, Sir George

1771-1851

1804-1835

Physician

Attended Jane Austen's family. Dr Faddle in Warner's Bath Characters. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1804-1818. Moved to Cheltenham in 1835.

DNB

Many

Smith, Benjamin

1753-1813

1777-1808

optician, electric therapist

Smith, Sydney

1822

surgeon, apothecary

BD1822

Soden, John Smith

1780-1863

Surgeon

Celebrated for cataract operation. surgeon to the B ath United Hospital and Eye infirmary and the Penitentiary andLock hospital.

Plarr's Lives

Sole, William

1741-1802

c.1762-1802

apothecary

FLS. In partnership with Thomas West, qv, to 1795. Had a botanic garden.

DNB; BJ 4/6/1787; BC 11/2/1802.

Menthae Britannicae 1798. An account of the Principal English grasses. 1799.

Spender, John Cottle

1801-1865

surgeon

Brought up by maternal uncle (John Cottle) at Englishcombe. MRCS Father of Bath physicianJohn Kent Spender. Great grandfather of the poet Stephen Spender.

BD1826-37

Observations on the causes and treatment of diseases of the leg. Bath 1835

Spry, George

1806-1870

1829-30

Surgeon and physician

On Bath City Council from 1829. Son of Joseph Hume Spry

BD1833-7

Spry, James

1800-1834+

surgeon, apothecary

In partnership with Joseph Hume Spry until 1818 when partnership dissolved (ref:London Gazette).By 1826 Spry, Long & Spry.

BD1812-30

Spry, John

c.1729-81?

c.1750-81?

apothecary

Spry, Joseph

1743-1802?

1767-1802?

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1785. Treated Nelson 1780/81. Married Jane Saunderson in 1775 at St Luke, Chelsea. By 1800 in partnership with Bowen

BD1773-1805

Spry, Joseph Hume

c.1778-1859?

apothecary, later physician

Mayor c.1830? Lived at 36 Gay St in 1819. Bought Bailbrook House in 1830. Medical director of Bailbrook House in 1832 with Henry Clark M.D.

BD1819?, 1833-7

A practical treatise on the Bath Waters. Bath 1822

Stack, Richard William

1784

physician

Medical Cases, 1784

Staker, John

1731-1784

1770-1784

Physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1781-4 and Governor 1781. Member of the 1st Bath Philosophical Society. May not have been in active practice in Bath. Committed suicide.

Bath Chronicle; BD1773-84

Stevens, J.N.

?

?

Physician

A Treatise on the Medicinal Qualities of the Bath Waters, 1758; An Essay on the Diseases of the Head and Neck, 1758. Practical treatise on fevers. 1760

Stewart

1809-1820

physician

BD1809-12

Stirridge, Thomas

?-1622

apothecary

Bath Abbey registers

Stockwell, Thomas

1822-37

surgeon, apothecary

BD1822-37

Stone

c.1724-?

c.1757-?

apothecary

Strachan

1822

medical electrician

BD1822

Street, James

c.1702-49?

c.1723-49?

apothecary

Father of William Street, qv

Street, William

c.1727-85

c.1750-85

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1763. Mayor in 1784/5 but died in office. Proprietor of the Octagon Chapel. Owned Lyncombe Spa from 1767 and used it with his partner David Kinneir, qv, to house patients inoculated against smallpox . Partner from 1775 in the Bath & Somersetshire Bank.

Trevor Fawcett, 'William Street',The Survey of Bath and District, no.23, 2008, 38-41

Sugden, William J.

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Summers, John

c1751

Physician

MD. Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1748-52 and Governor 1749.

A short account of the success of warm bathing in paralytic disorders. 1751.

Sutherland, Alexander

1758-64

physician

The Nature… of Bristol Water, 1758Attempt to Revive Antient Medical Doctrines, 1763; Attempt to Ascertain the Virtues of Bath and Bristol Waters, 1764

Symons, John

?-1811

1768-1809

surgeon, accoucheur

On Bath City Council from 1771. Mayor in 1795/6 and 1803/4. Manager of the Hot Bath from 1786. M ember of the 1st Bath Philosophical Society. In 1774 married a rich London hosier's daughter. Active in Bath building developments, e.g Camden Crescent.

BD1773-1805

Observations onvapour bathing and its effects. Bristol. 1766

Talma, Jean Joseph

1775-92

dentist

BC 4/12/1775

Taylor

1819-26

surgeon

BD1819-26

Taylor, John (Chevalier)

1703-72

1742-63

oculist

European celebrity as an itinerant eye-doctor, MD of Basle, Liège and Cologne, oculist to Geoge II.

ODNB; Bristol and Bath newspapers 1742-43, 1748, 1761, 1763

Mechanism of the Eye; Nosographia Ophthalmica, 1746; An Exact Account of 243 Diseases...,1759; History of the Travels... of the Chevalier John Taylor, 1761-2

Taylor, Richard

?-1834

1826-1834

physician

Bath reference library Hunt collection; BD1826-30

Terry, William

1819-1830

Surgeon and physician

MRCS. Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1821-7 and Governor 1825.

BD1819-30

Thomas, Sir Noah

1720-1792

1792

physician

Physician to the King. Retired to Bath where he died

BD1792

Thompson, Marmaduke

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Tickell, William

1773-1806

apothecary

Proprietor of the Aetherial Anodyne Spirit 1786. Criticised by J.M.Adair, qv. By 1805 in partnership with Morgan.

BC 19/10/1786; BD1773-1805

A concise account of a new chymical medicine, entitled spiritus aethereus anodynus or anodyne aetherial spirit, etc Bath 1787.

Townsend

1809-12

dentist

BD1809-12

Tubb

?-1759

1759

midwife

BJ 19/2/59

Tudor, William

1769-1845

1807-1836

surgeon

FRCS. Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1806-36 and Governor 1806. Later Deputy Inspector of Hospitals. In 1809 Army Surgeon to Prince of Wales. Died at Kelston Knoll

BD1805-37

Turner,S

1806-22

apothecary

BD1809-22; Munk's Roll

Tylee, John Palmer

1801-1876

medical electrician and anaesthetist

Qualified as a chemist and druggist

London Gazette 21/9/1883

Upham, John

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Uphill, Robert

1833-7

surgeon, apothecary

Bath Coroner

BD1833-7

Venner, Tobias

1577-1660

Physician

Lodging near Hot Bath. Also at North Petherton. MD Oxon.

Raach. DNB.

Villiers

1822

surgeon

BD1822

Wake, Basil

c.1721-1800

1750-1800

apothecary

BD1773-92; BC 7/10/1779 and 8/5/1800.

Waldron, George

1819-1848+

surgeon

BMA list; BD1819-37

Walker, Joseph

1829

apothecary

BD1829

Walker, Samuel

1800-1836

surgeon apothecary, accoucheur

By 1833 in partnership with Bush?

BD1800-37

Wallis, J

1819

surgeon, apothecary

BD1819

Wastlyn, Thomas

1622

Physician

Raach

Watkins, Edward

1800-1842

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

BD 1800-29

Watson

1784-86

dentist

BC 9/12/1784, 23/2/1786

Watson, James

1837

physician

BD1837

Watson, Sir William

1773-?

physician

On Bath City Council from 1777. Member of 1st and 2nd Bath Philosophical Societies and supporter of William Herschel.

BD1773-84

Watson, Thomas Sandon

1834-1867

physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital. 1834-1867

Watts, Robert

1829

surgeon

BD1829

Webb, Matthew

1724?

apothecary

BD1837

Webb, Randolph

1733

apothecary?

On Bath City Council from 1718. Elected Town Clerk.

Webb, S.

1805-29

apothecary

BD1805-29

Welch, James

1829-30

surgeon

BD1829-30

West, Thomas

c.1734-?

c.1755-95

apothecary

Partner of William Sole, qv., until 1795. Married Mary Sparow 1762. Active freemason.

BD1783-92; BJ 18/10/1762

Whatford

1819

surgeon, dentist, aurist

BD1819

White, John

1830-3

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-3

White, Samuel

1819-1833

surgeon, apothecary

Surgeon to Bath City infirmary and Dispensary. Son of William White. MRCS

BD1809-30

White, William

1762- 1826

1792-1806

apothecary, surgeon

Apothecary, later surgeon, to Bath City Infirmary and Dispensary. MRCS.Surgeon/apothcary to St James's & Abbey . Poor House from 1804. Recommended use of Broad-leaved willow bark in place of quinine.

An Account of the Bilious Fever... , 1802; Serious Reflections for Rich and Poor in Times of Sickness, 1804; Observations... on the Broadleaf Willow Bark, 1798; An Account of the Bilious Fever…, 1802; various papers in the Medical and Physical Journal c1801; A Treatise on… Diseases of the Liver, 1808; Observations on Strictures..., 1815

Whitney

1809

surgeon, apothecary

BD1809

Whitney, Thomas W

1822-37

apothecary

BD1822-37

Whitter, Tristram

1830-7

physician

BD1830-7

Wil(l)son, Isaac

1812-37

dentist

BD1812-37

Wilkinson, Charles Hunnings

c1763-1850

c.1809-

physician and surgeon

Managed the Kingston Baths and used galvanic therapy there. Introduced gas lighting at Bath. Founded and ran the 3rd Bath Philosophical Society. Memberof the Bath & West Society.

John Thornton, Annals of science, December 1967, 277-286; BD1812-37

Various incl Elements of Galvanism, 1804; Analytical Researches into... the Bath Waters, 1811.

Williams, John

1819-37

apothecary

BD1819-37

Williams, Joseph

1819

apothecary

BD1822-37

Williams, Stephen

physician

An Experimental History of Road Water, Wiltshire, 1731

Willson

1807- 1813

physician

BD1809-12

Wilton, William

1830-3

surgeon, apothecary

BD1830-3

Wingate,Thomas W

c1809-1842

surgeon, apothecary, accoucheur

By 1819 in partnership with Shorland.

BD1809-37

Winkworth, John

1819-37

dentist

BD1819-37

Wood, George L.

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Woodford(e), William

c1670-1758

1747-58

physician

Physician to Bath Gen Hospital 1747-57 and Governor 1746. Prof of Medicine at Oxford.

Oxford Medical Men

Woodforde

1819

surgeon

BD1819

Woods, Henry

c1824-1833

surgeon, apothecary

?same H Woods who was Hon Sec of BRLSI

BMA list; BD1822-6

Woodson, Richard

?-1622

surgeon

Bath Abbey registers

Woodward, Francis

?-1785

1770-1777

Physician

Treated Nelson in 1781.

BD1773-84; BC 13/10/1785

Wooldridge

c.1748-86

c.1769-86

apothecary

BD1773; BJ 27/2/1786

Woolmer, Edward

?-1721

1678-1721

apothecary

On Bath City Council from 1678. Mayor in 1706/7 and 1720/1 but died in office. Lessee of the Golden Lion and the Town Common..

Wright, Edward

1837

surgeon, apothecary

BD1837

Wright, Henry

?-1794

1740-83

surgeon

Surgeon to Bath Gen Hospital 1742-94 and Governor 1750. Lived at 11 Trim St. On Bath City Council from 1741. Mayor in 1766/7 and 1776/7.

BD1773-92

Young

1800-05

surgeon

BD1800-05

Young

1800-05

surgeon

BD1800-05

The above is a list of medical personnel practising in Bath between 16thC and early 19thC. It was compiled by Trevor Fawcett and Roger Rolls.

BD=Bath Directories BJ=Bath Journal BC= Bath Chronicle