The Consultation Letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-1790) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
People [PERS ID:1629]
| Field | Data |
|---|---|
| ID | 1629 |
| Title | Dr |
| First Name | Francois |
| Middle Name/Initial(s) | |
| Last Name | Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix |
| Maiden Name | |
| AKA | Sauvages, Sauvage |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | French Physician and Botanist |
| Medical Professional? | Medical Professional |
Birth/Death
| Birth/Death | |
|---|---|
| Birth (year) | 1706 |
| Date of death (year) | 1767 |
Notes
| A French physician and botanist, and is credited with establishing a methodical nosology for diseases. Dr Benjamin Thomas refers to "Sauvage" in relation to amaurosis. Cullen refers to his Nosologia Methodica (1763), and his own synopsis of it. |
Further Information about this person
| Link | |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia entry of François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix |
Cases that this person appears in:
| Count | Case ID | Case Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case 7 | Case of Mrs Anne Burrow [Burrows] being treated for vomiting and severe abdominal pains. |
| 2 | Case 577 | Case of the anonymised 'Mr. G.', suffering from complaints of the heart and arteries. |
| 3 | Case 711 | Case of Miss Evans, a 7-year-old girl 'seized with a Drowsiness attended with a Vomiting'. |
| 4 | Case 1232 | Case of Mr Thomson (under care of John Walker) who suffers a severe hectic fever with diarrhoea. |
| 5 | Case 1691 | Case of the Revd. Archibald Stevenson, who has an eruption all over his body stemming from an issue applied to his shoulders to treat his rheumatism in his neck and head. He subsequently becomes weak with a flux. |
