Alexander Henderson (medical doctor)

Alexander Henderson (* 1780 in Aberdeenshire , † September 16, 1863 in Caskieben near Inverurie ) was a Scottish doctor and author.

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated there on September 12, 1803 with a doctorate before opening his own practice in London. However, literature was closer to him than medicine. Henderson was involved in the creation of the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Edinburgh Review . On December 22, 1808 he received a license to teach from the Royal College of Physicians . In 1804 he translated Cabanis ' Coup d'œil sur les révolutions et la réforme de la médicine as well as the Sketch of the revolutions of medical science, and views relating to its reform , published in 1806 . He also published the 228-page work The History of Ancient and Modern Wines in 1824 , in which he compared the wine of antiquity with the wine of his time and which is still widely regarded as valid today. His evaluation criteria for wine went into 1855 as a decision component in the Bordeaux classification . In his book he tried to bring the wine language , which was perceived as “not useful”, into terms “on which humanity as a whole is agreed”.

Works

• A Sketch of the Revolutions of Medical Science, and Views relating to its Reform , 1806.
• An Examination of the Imposture of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury , 1813.
• The History of Ancient and Modern Wines , 1824.

Web links

• William Munk: Alexander Henderson at Royal College of Physicians , Lives of the fellows

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis : Sketch of the revolutions of medical science, and views relating to its reform. Joseph Johnson et.al., London 1806, Bye and Law
2. ↑ James M. Gabler: Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson . Bacchus Press 1995, ISBN 978-0-9613525-3-0 , footnote 5 on page 247