See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867)
• THOMAS WILLIS (1621-1675)

WILLIS (1621-1675)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English anatomist and physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GREAT

Great Bedwin, See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, on the 27th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1621 . He studied at See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford; and when that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city was garrisoned for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king he See also:

• BORE

bore arms for the Royalists . He took the degree of See also:

• BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in 1646, and applied himself to the practice of his profession . In 166o, shortly after the Restoration, he became Sedleian See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Dr See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua See also:

• CROSS

Cross, who was ejected, and the same See also:

• YEAR

year he took the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of physic . In 1664 he discovered the medicinal See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring at Astrop, near See also:

• BRACKLEY
• BRACKLEY, THOMAS EGERTON, VISCOUNT (c. 1540—1617)

Brackley in See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire . He was one of the first members of the Royal Society, and was elected an honorary See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Physicians in 1664 . In 1666, after the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire of See also:

• LONDON

London, he took a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin's See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, and there rapidly acquired an extensive practice, his reputation and skill marking him out as one of the first physicians of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . He died in St Martin's Lane on the 1 1t11 of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1675 and was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . See also:

• WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867)
• WILLIS, THOMAS (1621-1675)

Willis was admired for his piety and charity, for his deep insight into natural and experimental philosophy, See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy and See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, and for the elegance and purity of his Latin See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . Among hiswritings were Cerebri anatome nervorumque descriptio et usus (1664), in which he described what is still known, in the anatomy of the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain, as the circle of Willis, and Pharmaceutice rationalis (1674), in which he characterized See also:

• DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)

diabetes See also:

• MELLITUS (d. 624)

mellitus . He wrote in English A See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

Plain and Easy Method for Preserving those that are Well from the Infection of the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

Plague, and for Curing such as are Infected . His Latin See also:

• WORKS

works were printed in two vols .

4to at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva in 1676, and at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in 1682 . See also:

• BROWNE
• BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
• BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
• BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
• BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
• BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
• BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
• BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
• BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
• BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)

Browne Willis (1682-1760), the antiquarian, author of three volumes of Surveys of the cathedrals of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson . See Munk, See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

Roll of the Royal College of Physicians, London (2nd ed., vol. i., London, 1878) .