The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:1076]

People [PERS ID:1076]

Field	Data
ID	1076
Title	Dr
First Name	Charles
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Bisset
Maiden Name
AKA	C.B.
Gender	Male
Occupation	Physician, medical author and military engineer.
Medical Professional?	Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1716
Date of death (year)	1791

Notes


Husband of Anne Bisset. Born in Glenalbert, Perthshire. After studying medicine in Edinburgh, Bisset was appointed as second surgeon of the military hospital in Jamaica in 1740. He remained in military service, taking part in the War of the Austrian Succession and other campaigns, before returning to medicine in 1751, practicing in the village of Skelton in Yorkshire. He gained his MD from University of St Andrews in 1765. Bisset wrote a number of books on military, political and medical subjects. His own heavily annotated copy of Cullenâ€™s â€˜First Lines of Practice of Physicâ€™, can be found in the library of the London Medical Society.

Husband of Anne Bisset. Born in Glenalbert, Perthshire. After studying medicine in Edinburgh, Bisset was appointed as second surgeon of the military hospital in Jamaica in 1740. He remained in military service, taking part in the War of the Austrian Succession and other campaigns, before returning to medicine in 1751, practicing in the village of Skelton in Yorkshire. He gained his MD from University of St Andrews in 1765. Bisset wrote a number of books on military, political and medical subjects. His own heavily annotated copy of Cullenâ€™s â€˜First Lines of Practice of Physicâ€™, can be found in the library of the London Medical Society.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 62	Case of Mrs Bisset long in pain since a miscarriage.