Matthew Baillie

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Matthew Baillie (born October 27, 1761 in Shotts, North Lanarkshire; died September 23, 1823 in Gloucestershire, England) was a Scottish physician and pathologist.

Matthew was the brother of poetress Joanna Baillie. Together with Edward Jenner, he was a pupil of John Hunter. He was educated at Hamilton Grammar School and the University of Glasgow.

Baillie specialised in morbid anatomy.

Baillie died in 1823 of tuberculosis. He is buried in Duntisbourne, Gloucestershire.

[edit] Works

• The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793)

[edit] External links

• Extensive biography