Moseley, Benjamin ♂

Education

M.D. 12.5.1784. (No record of testimonials, but a copy of his Observations on dysentery, 1780 is preserved in the Archives, possibly accepted as a thesis).

Birth/childhood

Born 1742.

Career

Studied at Leyden University - M.D. 1791. L.R.C.P.L. 1787.

Went to Jamaica and became surgeon there. Practised London from 1785. Physician Chelsea Hospital from 1788. [Doctor]

Publications. Violent opponent of vaccination.

Medical Tracts. 2nd ed. (London: Printed by John Nichols, 1800)

Death

Died at Southend 25.9.1819.

Sources

• Munk's Roll ii 368
• Gentleman's Magazine 1819 ii 374
• W.E.A. Axon, Annals of Manchester (London, 1886) p48
• Inoculation, Vaccination and an old controversy in A Parcel of Ribbons, May 11, 2013.