Luscombe, Edward T[hornhill]

Education

Student United College 1823-1824 Ethics. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

Baptised 15.5.1782 son of Samuel Luscombe, medical practitioner, Exeter and Jane [ ]. [Doctor]

Career

Also at Oxford University - matriculated 1804. and Edinburgh University - medical student 1815-1816, 1821-1822, M.D. 1817.

Assistant surgeon Army Medical Service 1801. Surgeon 74th Foot 1805. Retired on half pay 1817. [Doctor]

Publications

Practical observations on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in camp and quarters... (Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., 1820)

Death

Died 29.12.1830.

Sources

  • Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 2140