Matthew Baillie (1761-1823) was a Scottish physician and pathologist. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Pathology (from Greek grc πάθος pathos, "fate harm" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study and
The brother of poetress Joanna Baillie, he was a pupil of his anatomist John Hunter, his uncle. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Joanna Baillie ( September 11, 1762 &ndash February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist John Hunter may refer to John Hunter (architect (1932&ndash2005 British architect and conservationist --> John Hunter (bishop He was educated at Hamilton Academy, the University of Glasgow, and obtained his MD from the University of Oxford in 1789. Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton Scotland It or its predecessors can trace their history back to the year 1588 The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews Doctor of Medicine ( MD or MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine" is a doctoral The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the He became Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1790, and specialised in morbid anatomy. The Royal College of Physicians of London was the first medical institution in England to receive a Royal Charter Pathology; please do not remove --> (
His 1793 book, The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body, is considered the first systematic study of pathology, and the first publication in English on pathology as a separate subject. [1] He is credited with first identifying transposition of the great vessels (TGV) and situs inversus. Transposition of the great vessels ( TGV) is a group of Congenital heart defects ( CHD s involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the Situs inversus (also called situs transversus) is a congenital condition in which the major Visceral organs are reversed or mirrored
Baillie died of tuberculosis in 1823 at the age of 62. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common He is buried in Duntisbourne, Gloucestershire.
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Works
- The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793)
References
- ^ Matthew Baillie Encyclopedia Brittanica Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation
External links
- AIM25: Royal College of Physicians: BAILLIE, Matthew (1761-1823) Royal College of Physicians.
Further reading
- Bullough, Vern (1970). "Baillie, Matthew". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 398-399. ISBN 0684101149.
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