George Darling (physician)
George Darling | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1782? |
| Died | 30 March 1862 |
| Occupation | Physician |
George Darling (1779 – 30 March 1862) was a Scottish physician.[1]
Life
Darling was born at Stow, near Galashiels, was educated at the university of Edinburgh, and, having made two or three voyages as surgeon in the East India Company's service, settled in London in general practice. At the end of four years he began to practise as a physician, having become a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in London. He had a considerable intimacy with artists, David Wilkie, Benjamin Haydon, Thomas Lawrence, and Francis Leggatt Chantrey being both his patients and his friends.[2]
Works
In 1814 Darling published anonymously An Essay on Medical Economy, dedicated to his friend Sir James Mackintosh. It covered the question of medical reform, of the education, practice and status of medical men, and medical examinations. At a later period he printed a pamphlet Instructions for Making Unfermented Bread (1846, anonymously published, 17th edition 1851).[2]
References
- ^ Wallis, Patrick. "Darling, George (1779–1862)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7154. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Dixon, James (1888). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Media related to George Darling (physician) at Wikimedia Commons
Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dixon, James (1888). "Darling, George". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.