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• SIR

SIR See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

GILBERT See also:

• SIR GILBERT BLANE (1749-1834)

BLANE (1749-1834)  , Scottish physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at•Blanefield, See also:

• AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1749 . He was educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh university, and shortly after his removal to See also:

• LONDON

London became private physician to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney, whom he accompanied to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies in 1779 . He did much to improve the See also:

• HEALTH

health of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet by See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the See also:

• DIET

diet of the sailors and by enforcing due sanitary precautions; and it was largely through him that in 1795 the use of See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime-juice was made obligatory throughout the See also:

• NAVY

navy as a preventive of See also:

• SCURVY (Scorbutus)

scurvy . Enjoying a number of See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital appointments he built up a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good practice for himself in London, and the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government constantly consulted him on questions of public See also:

• HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy)

hygiene . He was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1812 in See also:

• REWARD

reward for the services he rendered in connexion with the return of the Walcheren expedition . He died in London on the 26th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1834 . Among his See also:

• WORKS

works were Observations on the Diseases of See also:

• SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

Seamen (1795) and Elements of Medical See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

Logic (1819) .