John Elliotson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Elliotson

British medical practitioner and teacher

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1791

Place of Birth: Southwark, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1868

Profession: physician, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

John Elliotson (29 October 1791 – 29 July 1868), M.D.
(Edinburgh, 1810), M.D.(Oxford, 1821), F.R.C.P.(London, 1822), F.R.S.
(1829), professor of the principles and practice of medicine at University College London (1832), senior physician to University College Hospital (1834) — and, in concert with William Collins Engledue M.D., the co-editor of The Zoist. Elliotson was a prolific and influential author, a respected teacher, and renowned for his diagnostic skills as a clinician and, especially, his extremely strong prescriptions: "his students said that one should let him diagnose but not treat the patient".He was always at the ‘leading edge’ of his profession: he was one of the first in Britain to use and promote the stethoscope, and one of the first to use acupuncture.