James Mann Williamson

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James Mann Williamson (1849-1901)

James Mann Williamson (born December 25, 1849 in South Shields ; died November 12, 1901 in Ventnor ) was a British physician .

Life

James Mann Williamson was the son of doctor James Williamson . From the age of 13 he attended Edinburgh High School . He studied medicine at London University . In 1872 he received his first medical degree as a "Bachelor of Medicine" and received the CM at Edinburgh University . There he studied with Joseph Lister , James Spence (1812-1882) and Sir Alexander Russell Simpson (1835-1916). In 1875 he earned his M. D . He became a doctor at the Royal National Hospital in Ventnor. He was a member of the Clinical and Pathological Societies of London. In 1882 he married Janet Eliza Bruce , daughter of William Bruce DD and niece of the poet and preacher Robertson of Irvine . He had three children Hilda, Janet and James Bruce (1892–1979). His patients included the young Winston Churchill , Karl Marx and others.

Karl Marx, who spent his last vacation on the Isle of Wight in Ventnor (October 30, 1882 to January 12, 1883), was treated by him. Two letters to Marx from Williamson and a dedication from Karl Marx to Janet Eliza Williamson on a photograph by Marx have survived.

Works

  • Treatment of Bronchitis in Children (in 3 parts). In: The Mothers Magazine
  • Ventnor and the Undercliff in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases . Ballière, Tindall, and Cox, London 1877; 2nd. Ed. 1884, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  • On the supposed relation between haemorrhage and altered barometric pressure. With observations on 120 cases of haemoptysis. Henry Renshaw, London 1879. (= Medical tracts 48)
  • Lecture. Sleep and its relation to Dreams, Somnambulism and Trance. 1880.
  • Some Practical Points on the Treatment of Haemoptysis . The British medical journal . Vol. I. 1882.
  • The Laryngeal Complications of Consumption . In: The British medical Journal . Vol. II. 1882.
  • Ventnor and the Undercliff in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases . 2nd. Ed., Ballière, Tindall, and Cox, London 1884. Text archive - Internet Archive
  • A Plea for the fuller study of the elimination of drugs from the system. An address delivered before the Isle of Wight District of the British Medical Association . Edinburgh 1887.
  • The life and times of St. Boniface . WJ Knight, Ventnor / H. Frowde, London 1904, Textarchiv - Internet Archive

estate

  • Williamson, Dr James Mann, (c 1849–1901), general practitioner at Ventnor, Isle of Wight . Digitized

literature

  • Obituary. James Mann Williamson, MD, CM Edin . In: The British medical Journal of December 7, 1901, pp. 1716–1717, PMC 2507308 (free full text)
  • Wilhelm Levison : The book by James M. Williamson, The life and times of St. Boniface, Ventor (WJ Knight) and London (H. Frowde) 1904 . In: Historical magazine . Volume 95. R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1905, pp. 527-528, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  • Alfred E. Laurence, AN Insole: Prometheus Bound . Isle of Wight County Council, Cultural Services Dept. Isle of Wight, Newport undated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The British medical Journal of March 18, 1899, p. 704.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pubmedcentralcanada.ca  
  2. ↑ She died in 1900.
  3. ^ Doctor Divinitatis. Dr. of theology in Great Britain.
  4. ↑ William Bruce Robertson (1820-1886),
  5. ^ The British medical Journal of September 22, 1979.
  6. ^ Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight. Ventnor. Winston Churchill digitized
  7. ^ Marx-Engels works. Volume 35, pp. 106, 107, 110, 123, 132, 397, 398, 408, 418, 421.
  8. ↑ Source for the most part: "Dr James Mann Williamson. Reproduced with permission from Mrs Betty Williamson ”.
  9. ^ Karl Marx to Eleanor Marx January 8, 1883. In: Marx-Engels-Werke . Volume 35, pp. 419-420. Digitized version ( memento of the original from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dearchiv.de
  10. ^ Photograph 1875. Photographer: John Mayall jun.
  11. ^ "Madame James M Williamson with the wishes for a happy new year Karl Marx Ventnor, January 11, 1883." ( Christie’s auction June 19, 2007, New York, Rockefeller Plaza. Lot 1938. $ 66,000.)
  12. ↑ Williamson dedicated the work to Sir Lawrence Peel (1799-1884), a judge who was the first chairman of the Royal National Hospital for Consumption.
personal data
SURNAME Williamson, James Mann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British doctor
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH South Shields
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1901
Place of death Ventnor