Henry William Fuller
Henry William Fuller | |
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Born | 1820 London |
Died | 18 December 1873(1873-12-18) (aged 52–53) |
Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
Henry William Fuller (1820 – 18 December 1873) F.R.C.P. was an English physician and writer.
Fuller was born in London.[1] He was the son of surgeon Henry Peter Fuller. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital.[1] While studying at Cambridge, Fuller played one first-class cricket match for Cambridge Town Club against Cambridge University Cricket Club at Parker's Piece in 1841.[2] He took his M.B. in 1843 and practiced in London. He was elected assistant physician at St George's Hospital and became full physician in 1857.[1] Fuller advocated drug therapy and used alkalis for the treatment of rheumatism.[1]
His best known work was On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica, first published in 1853 and went through several editions.[3][4] Fuller promoted the theory that gout and rheumatism were both a disease of abnormal metabolism. He suggested that lactic acid has the same relationship to rheumatism that uric acid does to gout, which is excess in the blood.[5]
Fuller was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[4] He gave the Lumleian Lectures in 1866.[1] His brother, Ernest, was also a first-class cricketer.
Selected publications
- On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica (1854)
- On Diseases Of The Chest, Including Diseases Of The Heart And Great Vessels (1862)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Henry William Fuller". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Fuller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Reviewed Work: On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica: Their Pathology, Symptoms, and Treatment by Henry William Fuller". Association Medical Journal. 1 (8): 168–169. 1853. JSTOR 25494423.
- ^ a b "Reviewed Work: On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, And Sciatica; Their Pathology, Symptoms, And Treatment by Henry William Fuller". The British Medical Journal. 1 (173): 303. 1860. JSTOR 25195994.
- ^ Copeman, William. (1964). A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases. University of California Press. p. 131