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See also:RICHARD See also:BROCKLESBY (1722-1797)
, See also:English physician, was See also:born at See also:Minehead, See also:Somersetshire, on the 11th of See also:August 1722
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He was educated at Ballitore, in See also:Ireland, where See also:Edmund See also:Burke was one of his schoolfellows, studied See also:medicine at See also:Edinburgh, and finally graduated at See also:Leiden in 1745
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Appointed physician to the See also:army in 1758, he served in See also:Germany during See also:part of the Seven Years' See also:War, and on his return settled down to practise in See also:London
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In 1764 he published Economical and Medical Observations, which contained suggestions for improving the See also:hygiene of army hospitals
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In his latter years he withdrew altogether into private See also:life
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The circle of his See also:friends included some of the most distinguished See also:literary men of the See also:age
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He was warmly attached to Dr See also: |
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