William Gairdner (physician)

William Gairdner (November 11, 1793 – April 28, 1867) was a Scottish physician and writer.

William Gairdner
BornNovember 11, 1793
Ayrshire
DiedApril 28, 1867
Avignon
OccupationPhysician, writer

Gairdner was born at Mount Charles, Ayrshire on November 11, 1793.[1] He was son of Robert Gairdner, a captain in the Bengal artillery. He was educated at University of Edinburgh and obtained he M.D. in 1813. He studied in London and worked as physician to the Earl of Bristol. He lived on Bolton Street, London and in 1823 was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.[2]

In 1824, he authored Essay on the Effects of Iodine on the Human Constitution which supported Jean-Francois Coindet's treatment of goitre by internal administration of iodine.[3] He authored On Gout, its History, its Causes, and its Cure in 1849, a work which went through four editions. It was an exposition of the main clinical features of gout and advocated treatment such as bleeding, moderate purgation, and the administration of colchicum.[3] He married in 1822 and had one daughter.[3]

Gairdner practiced medicine to the end of his life. He died at Avignon on April 28, 1867.[3]

Selected publications

References
  1. "William Gairdner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "William Gairdner". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. "William Gairdner". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Moore, Norman (1889). "Gairdner, William". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 369–370.
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