Golding Bird, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Golding Bird

British medical doctor

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1814

Place of Birth: Downham Market, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1854

Profession: photographer, physician, urologist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Golding Bird

  • Golding Bird (9 December 1814 – 27 October 1854) was a British medical doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
  • He became a great authority on kidney diseases and published a comprehensive paper on urinary deposits in 1844.
  • He was also notable for his work in related sciences, especially the medical uses of electricity and electrochemistry.
  • From 1836, he lectured at Guy's Hospital, a well-known teaching hospital in London and now part of King's College London, and published a popular textbook on science for medical students called Elements of Natural Philosophy. Having developed an interest in chemistry while still a child, largely through self-study, Bird was far enough advanced to deliver lectures to his fellow pupils at school.
  • He later applied this knowledge to medicine and did much research on the chemistry of urine and of kidney stones.
  • In 1842, he was the first to describe oxaluria, a condition which leads to the formation of a particular kind of stone. Bird, who was a member of the London Electrical Society, was innovative in the field of the medical use of electricity, designing much of his own equipment.
  • In his time, electrical treatment had acquired a bad name in the medical profession through its widespread use by quack practitioners.
  • Bird made efforts to oppose this quackery, and was instrumental in bringing medical electrotherapy into the mainstream.
  • He was quick to adopt new instruments of all kinds; he invented a new variant of the Daniell cell in 1837 and made important discoveries in electrometallurgy with it.
  • He was not only innovative in the electrical field, but he also designed a flexible stethoscope, and in 1840 published the first description of such an instrument. A devout Christian, Bird believed Bible study and prayer were just as important to medical students as their academic studies.
  • He endeavoured to promote Christianity among medical students and encouraged other professionals to do likewise.
  • To this end, Bird was responsible for the founding of the Christian Medical Association, although it did not become active until after his death.
  • Bird had lifelong poor health and died at the age of 39.

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