Article ID: CBB142870512

Patronage and Enlightened Medicine in the Eighteenth-century British Military: The Rise and Fall of Dr John Pringle, 1707–1782 (2016)

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In 1752, the Scottish-born physician John Pringle (1707–1782) published his Observations on the Diseases of the Army in Camp and Garrison based on his experiences as an army physician during the War of the Austrian Succession. The work was to propel him to the position of personal physician to King George III and President of the Royal Society. This paper examines Pringle's contribution in the light of his Scottish origins and the interests of his Hanoverian patrons. It explores his effort to apply his physician's expertise to the protection of groups subject to outbreaks of epidemic fever and traces his approach from the locally-oriented investigations of the Edinburgh medical community towards an experimental study of putrefaction that was embraced by the Royal Society. Finally, it explores Pringle's resignation as President when his contribution became associated with an emerging radical natural philosophy incompatible with the desires of his patron.

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Authors & Contributors
Emerson, Roger L.
Eddy, Matthew D.
Joanna Park
Buchan, Bruce
Combe, Thomas
Rayner-Canham, Geoff
Concepts
Patronage
Chemistry
Medicine
Societies; institutions; academies
Medical schools
Classification
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
Early modern
20th century, early
Medieval
19th century
Places
Edinburgh
Scotland
Great Britain
Middle and Near East
Tahiti
Glasgow (Scotland)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
University of Edinburgh
East India Company (English)
British Library
University of St. Andrews
Royal Edinburgh Asylum
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