Thomas Trotter (physician)
Thomas Trotter (1760-1832) was a naval physician and author who was a leading medical reformer in the Royal Navy and an ardent critic of the slave trade.[1] Trotter was born in Melrose, Roxburghshire and studied medicine under Alexander Monro (secundus) in Edinburgh.
Publications
- Medicina Nautica: an Essay on the Diseases of Seamen 3 vol. 1797-9.
- A View of the Nervous Temperament; being a Practical Treatise on Nervous, Bilious, Stomach, and Liver Complaints. 8 vo. 1812.
References
- ^ Wallace, J. (2004). Trotter, Thomas (bap. 1760, died 1832). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
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