Robert Whytt
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 258 years ago |
Date of birth | September 6,1714 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 15,1766 |
Died | Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | |
1766 | |
Edinburgh | |
United Kingdom | |
Books | The Works |
Observations on the Dropsy in the Brain | |
Job | Physician |
Education | The University of Edinburgh |
Current partner | Louisa Balfour |
Helen Robertson | |
Parents | Jean Murray |
Robert Whytt | |
Children | John Whyte-Melville |
Jean Whytt | |
Grandchildren | Lewis Balfour |
James Balfour, 4th of Pilrig | |
Robert Whyte-Melville | |
John Whyte-Melville | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1320676 |
Robert Whytt Life story
Robert Whytt was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.