Person physician foreign resident
Heberden
physician · foreign resident
English physician resident in Funchal in the 18th century, the first to report favourably on Madeira's climate, in 1751. He recorded temperatures, magnetic declination and life expectancy on the island and assisted Banks and Solander during Cook's visit.
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- Climate — First physician to report favourably on Madeira's climate, in 1751.
- Pterygium — English physician who noted pterygium as frequent in Madeira about 170 years before 1921.
- Longevity — Physician who was in Madeira in the 18th century and estimated average life expectancy on the island at 39 years.
- Winter in Funchal — Authority cited by Barral for the very dry years of 1749 and 1750.
- Leste — Physician who recorded shade temperatures during the leste in 1750.
- Magnetic declination — Recorded the declination at Funchal in 1768.
- Cook (James) — English physician resident in Funchal who assisted Banks and Solander.
- Epidemics — Celebrated physician living in Madeira in 1751 who, according to Fernandes da Silva, cured over two hundred measles patients using bloodletting.
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