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Painting of Robert Whytt by G.B. Bellucci ca. 1738

Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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Robert Whytt

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Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered...

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Neurology

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with the work and research of many neurologists such as Thomas Willis, Robert Whytt, Matthew Baillie, Charles Bell, Moritz Heinrich Romberg, Duchenne de...

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History of tuberculosis

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rejected and it took another 162 years before Robert Koch demonstrated it to be true. In 1768, Robert Whytt gave the first clinical description of tuberculosis...

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Gelastic seizure

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medicine. A detailed description was given by the Scottish physician Robert Whytt in 1765, and the term "gelastic seizure" was coined in 1898 by the French...

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Greyfriars Kirkyard

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his part in the Pentland Rising Patrick Wilson (1798–1871), architect Robert Whytt (1714–1766), physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians...

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Meningitis

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"dropsy in the brain", is often attributed to Edinburgh physician Sir Robert Whytt in a posthumous report that appeared in 1768, although the link with...

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List of neurologists and neurosurgeons

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Friedrich Otto Westphal 1833 - 1890 Germany Edinger–Westphal nucleus W Robert Whytt 1714 - 1766 United Kingdom W Thomas Willis 1621 - 1675 United Kingdom Circle...

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Lewis Balfour

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the author Robert Louis Stevenson. Balfour was born on 30 August 1777 at Pilrig House between Edinburgh and Leith, the son of Jean Whytt (1750–1833)...

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1714 in science

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César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (died 1784) September 6 – Robert Whytt, Scottish physician (died 1766) October 16 – Giovanni Arduino, Italian...

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History of psychiatry

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with influential teachers including William Cullen (1710–1790) and Robert Whytt (1714–1766) emphasising the clinical importance of psychiatric disorders...

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Moral treatment

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with influential teachers including William Cullen (1710–1790) and Robert Whytt (1714–1766) emphasising the clinical importance of psychiatric disorders...

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William Cullen

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and issued as A Treatise on Materia Medica in 1789. On the death of Robert Whytt, the professor of the institutes of medicine, in 1766, Cullen accepted...

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List of University of Edinburgh people

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Waterhouse, surgeon and lecturer in anatomy Hamish Watson, cardiology Robert Whytt, medicine Sir Ian Wilmut, embryologist and former supervisor of the team...

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Robert Melvill

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Scotland, the son of Rev Andrew Melville, a clergyman, and Helen Whytt, sister of Dr. Robert Whytt. As a member of the noble Melville family, he was related...

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List of alumni of the University of St Andrews

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Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Batty, Robert (1763?–1849)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 3. London: Smith...

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List of neuroscientists

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Edinger–Westphal nucleus Victor P. Whittaker 1919–2016 United Kingdom Robert Whytt 1714–1766 United Kingdom Torsten Wiesel 1924– Sweden Nobel Prize in Physiology...

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University of St Andrews School of Medicine

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office) Inter Regnum due to war 1946–1973 Robert Walmsley 1973–1996 David Brynmor Thomas 2003–2014 Robert Hugh MacDougall 2014-present David Christopher...

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List of presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

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S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076 "Sir Robert Philip". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 November 2015. Lee, Thomas Alexander...

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William Leechman

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her brothers James Balfour and the bookseller John Balfour, and also Robert Whytt and Gavin Hamilton who had married Bridget's sisters. At the end of the...

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List of Office Bearers of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and Harveian Orations

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the 12th of April 1825". Archive.org. 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023. "Robert Hamilton". Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 2023. Retrieved 12 February...

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List of University of Edinburgh medical people

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Neuroimaging 2002–present Internationally recognised expert in neuroimaging Robert Whytt 1734 President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, first...

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Thomas Graham Balfour

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Balfour, professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh in 1754, and of Robert Whytt, a celebrated medical writer and professor of physiology at Edinburgh...

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William Seller

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proposer being Sir Robert Christison. He won the Society's Makdougall Brisbane Prize for the period 1860-62 for his memoir of Robert Whytt. Over and above...

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List of Pawn Stars episodes

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White and the Seven Dwarfs pencil holders; and a 1765 medical book by Robert Whytt. Also, Rick and Chumlee visit a shoe collector friend of the former's...

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