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John Alderson (physician)

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22: 158: 80:. To commemorate his services there and the public spirit he exhibited in founding and presiding over various literary and scientific institutions in the town, a statue of the doctor was erected in 1833 by subscription and placed on the lawn in front of the infirmary at a cost of £300. The statue is by local sculptor 55:
for the augmentation of the stipend, on the condition that, whenever Alderson should withdraw from the church, the estate was to devolve on him and his heirs for ever. Thereupon the whole body of dissenters in the town, out of regard for their pastor, drew up an instrument by which they expelled him
51:, the son of a dissenting minister, the Rev. J. Alderson, whose death (1760) was hastened by the adverse termination of a lawsuit. Elisha Barlow, a merchant of Lowestoft, deploring the narrow means of his minister, who had a numerous family, bequeathed a good estate at 59:
Their good intentions were however defeated by the heirs-at-law, who disputed the legality of the bequest in the court of Chancery on the statute of mortmain, and gained their suit. Alderson was shortly after taken ill while preaching, and died on reaching his home.
171: 91:’ (8vo, London, 1823). This work gave extremely curious cases of mental illusion which came under his own immediate observation. He published two editions of a treatise ‘ 209: 204: 21: 176: 214: 56:
from the church in order that he might acquire the estate. They afterwards re-elected him to the pastoral office.
81: 151: 76:(1782) which passed through three editions between 1794 and 1805. In 1795 he was elected physician to the 199: 194: 77: 112: 87:
Dr. Alderson was also the author of a work not altogether of a professional character, entitled ‘
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An Essay on the Rhus Toxicodendron, or Sumach, and its Efficacy in Paralysis
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An Essay on the Rhus Toxicodendron, or Sumach, and its Efficacy in Paralysis
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An Essay on Apparitions accounted for independently of Preternatural Agency
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An Essay on the Nature and Origin of the Contagion of Fever
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An Essay on the Nature and Origin of the Contagion of Fever
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Statue of John Alderson located at Hull Royal Infirmary
115:, and soon became the chief physician of the town. 180:. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 95:’ (1802 and 1807) and several editions of " 35:(1758 – 16 September 1829) was an English 7: 210:19th-century English medical doctors 205:18th-century English medical doctors 14: 177:Dictionary of National Biography 156: 93:On the Improvement of Poor Soils 1: 231: 138:An Essay on Apparitions 97:Orthographical Exercise 26: 215:People from Lowestoft 68:He published at Hull 24: 152:JOHN ALDERSON, M.D 27: 16:English physician 222: 181: 160: 159: 230: 229: 225: 224: 223: 221: 220: 219: 185: 184: 170:, ed. (1885). " 168:Stephen, Leslie 166: 157: 148: 121: 105: 66: 47:He was born at 45: 17: 12: 11: 5: 228: 226: 218: 217: 212: 207: 202: 197: 187: 186: 183: 182: 172:Alderson, John 154: 147: 144: 143: 142: 134: 128: 120: 117: 104: 101: 78:Hull Infirmary 65: 62: 44: 41: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 227: 216: 213: 211: 208: 206: 203: 201: 198: 196: 193: 192: 190: 179: 178: 173: 169: 164: 163:public domain 155: 153: 150: 149: 145: 140: 139: 135: 132: 129: 126: 123: 122: 118: 116: 114: 110: 102: 100: 98: 94: 90: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 63: 61: 57: 54: 50: 42: 40: 38: 34: 31: 30:John Alderson 23: 19: 175: 137: 130: 124: 119:Publications 106: 96: 92: 88: 86: 82:Thomas Earle 73: 69: 67: 58: 46: 29: 28: 18: 200:1829 deaths 195:1758 births 72:(1788) and 189:Categories 146:References 49:Lowestoft 37:physician 107:His son 165::  53:Mutford 141:(1823) 133:(1788) 127:(1782) 103:Family 109:James 64:Works 113:Hull 43:Life 174:". 99:". 191:: 84:. 39:. 33:MD

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physician
Lowestoft
Mutford
Hull Infirmary
Thomas Earle
James
Hull
An Essay on Apparitions
JOHN ALDERSON, M.D
public domain
Stephen, Leslie
Alderson, John
Dictionary of National Biography
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1758 births
1829 deaths
18th-century English medical doctors
19th-century English medical doctors
People from Lowestoft

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