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Robert Pitt (physician)

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242: 43:, Oxford, on 2 April 1669, and was elected to a scholarship there in 1670. He graduated B.A. in 1672, was elected a Fellow of his college in 1674 and Dean in 1677, graduated M.A. in 1675, M.B. in 1678, and M.D. on 16 February 1682. He taught anatomy at Oxford, and was elected 100:, of powder of vipers, of mummy, and of many other once famous therapeutic agents, on the ground that accurate tests proved them of no effect. A second and third edition appeared in 1703. In 1704 he published 92:, president, and to the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and written to show the low cost of the useful drugs, the worthlessness of some expensive ones, and the dangers of taking too much physic. 255: 292: 287: 297: 84:
Pitt took part in the controversy which followed the establishment of a dispensary by the College of Physicians in 1696. He published in 1702
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on 22 December. He was created a fellow by the new charter of James II, and admitted on 12 April 1687. He was a censor in 1687 and 1702.
96:, which for more than a hundred years later was a highly esteemed drug, was detected by Pitt to be inert; and he condemned the use of 260: 207: 190: 70: 66: 51: 44: 121: 102:
The Antidote, or the Preservative of Life and Health and the Restorative of Physick to its Sincerity and Perfection
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The Frauds and Villainies of the Common Practice of Physic demonstrated to be curable by the College Dispensary
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The Modern Practice of Physick vindicated from the groundless imputations of Dr. Pitt
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In 1684 Pitt settled in London, and was admitted a candidate or member of the
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for 1691 on the weight of the land tortoise. The observations, work with
97: 32: 245: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 61:, in the city of London; in 1703, and till his death, in 129:, compared the weight of the reptile before and after 69:he was, on 23 February 1698, elected physician to 141:Pitt married Martha, daughter of John Nourse of 264:. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 194:. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 211:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 39:the poet was his nephew. He matriculated at 19:M.D. (1653–1713) was an English physician. 208:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 158: 86:The Craft and Frauds of Physick exposed 27:The son of Robert Pitt, he was born at 174: 172: 170: 168: 166: 164: 162: 7: 293:18th-century English medical doctors 288:17th-century English medical doctors 205:Chahoud, Anne. "Pitt, Christopher". 57:Pitt lived in 1685 in the parish of 119:Pitt also published a paper in the 14: 298:Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford 261:Dictionary of National Biography 240: 191:Dictionary of National Biography 73:, and held the post until 1707. 76:Pitt died on 13 January 1713. 1: 303:Fellows of the Royal Society 225:UK public library membership 52:Royal College of Physicians 45:Fellow of the Royal Society 319: 122:Philosophical Transactions 71:St. Bartholomew's Hospital 133:for a series of years. 217:10.1093/ref:odnb/22327 108:. He was attacked by 47:on 20 December 1682. 185:"Pitt, Robert"  90:Sir William Prichard 112:in 1704 in a book 65:. On the death of 223:(Subscription or 59:St. Peter-le-Poer 310: 265: 244: 243: 229: 228: 220: 202: 196: 195: 187: 176: 37:Christopher Pitt 318: 317: 313: 312: 311: 309: 308: 307: 268: 267: 254:, ed. (1896). " 250: 241: 233: 232: 222: 204: 203: 199: 178: 177: 160: 155: 139: 88:, dedicated to 82: 67:Francis Bernard 29:Blandford Forum 25: 12: 11: 5: 316: 314: 306: 305: 300: 295: 290: 285: 280: 270: 269: 238: 237: 231: 230: 197: 182:, ed. (1896). 157: 156: 154: 151: 138: 135: 127:Sir George Ent 104:, and in 1705 81: 78: 41:Wadham College 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 315: 304: 301: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 275: 273: 266: 263: 262: 257: 253: 248: 247:public domain 235: 234: 226: 218: 214: 210: 209: 201: 198: 193: 192: 186: 181: 175: 173: 171: 169: 167: 165: 163: 159: 152: 150: 148: 144: 136: 134: 132: 128: 124: 123: 117: 115: 111: 110:Joseph Browne 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 79: 77: 74: 72: 68: 64: 63:Hatton Garden 60: 55: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 22: 20: 18: 259: 256:Pitt, Robert 239: 206: 200: 189: 140: 120: 118: 113: 105: 101: 94:Sarsaparilla 85: 83: 75: 56: 49: 26: 16: 15: 283:1713 deaths 278:1653 births 252:Lee, Sidney 236:Attribution 180:Lee, Sidney 149:, in 1686. 147:Oxfordshire 131:hibernation 17:Robert Pitt 272:Categories 227:required.) 143:Wood Eaton 249::  221: 137:Family 98:bezoar 33:Dorset 153:Notes 80:Works 23:Life 258:". 213:doi 31:in 274:: 188:. 161:^ 145:, 116:. 35:; 219:. 215::

Index

Blandford Forum
Dorset
Christopher Pitt
Wadham College
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal College of Physicians
St. Peter-le-Poer
Hatton Garden
Francis Bernard
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Sir William Prichard
Sarsaparilla
bezoar
Joseph Browne
Philosophical Transactions
Sir George Ent
hibernation
Wood Eaton
Oxfordshire







Lee, Sidney
"Pitt, Robert" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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