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James Wilson

1807–67

Studied medicine in London and Paris. Practised in Liverpool and then in London until 1840. Studied the water cure at Graefenberg, Silesia, 1841. Returned to England in 1842 and set up a hydropathic establishment in Malvern where he was joined by James Manby Gully. Practised the water cure in Malvern until his death.

Source

Metcalfe 1912

Bibliography

Metcalfe, Richard. 1912. The rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.

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