Article Nº 3150 Physician or health professional Vol. III · p. 338
Renton (Dr)
Original title: Renton (Dr.)
Dr Renton was an English physician long resident in Madeira who wrote on the benefits of the island's climate for lung disease and made meteorological observations in Funchal from 1826 to 1831.
An English physician who lived in Madeira for many years and published a study of the advantages of the island’s climate in the treatment of lung diseases in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1827). In collaboration with Dr Heineken, he made various meteorological observations in Funchal from 1826 to 1831.