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John Huxham

1692–1768

Physician. Practised medicine in Plymouth. Author of An essay on fevers and their various kinds (1755), which established his reputation as a physician and writer on medical subjects. FRS 1739.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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