Johnston, James ♂

Education

M.D. 3.8.1816 on testimonials signed by Robert Wright M.D., Senior physician, Naval hospital, Haslar, George Vance M.D.(KC Aber) of the same establishment and William Shearman M.D., L.R.C.P.L., physician to London Dispensary.

Gets new diploma 13.6.1821.

Birth/childhood

Born February 1777 son of a farmer near Lough Neagh [Northern Ireland].

Career

L.R.C.P.L. 1821.

Apothecary then Naval surgeon 20.10.1800. Retired 1814. Practised in Portsmouth until 1818 when he went to London. [Doctor]

Physician extraordinary to the King [William IV].

Edited Medico-Chirurgical Review 1818-1844. [Editor]

Publications

The influence of tropical climates on European constitutions, by James Johnson and James Ranald Martin. 6th ed. (London: S. Highley, 1841)

Death

Died at Brighton 10.10.1845 aged 69.

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