William Alison
William Pulteney Alison | |
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| Born | 12 November 1790 Burghmuirhead, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 22 September 1859 (aged 68) Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | University of Edinburgh (MD 1811) |
| Years active | 1814–1858 |
| Known for | Emphasising the link between poverty and disease. Promoting the idea that there is a 'life force' superadded to the physical forces of dead matter |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Physician to the New Town Dispensary (1814) Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Edinburgh University (1820–1) Professor of the Institutes of Medicine, Edinburgh University (1822–42) Professor of the Theory of Physic, Edinburgh University (1842–56) Physician at the Infirmary Large private consulting practice |
William Pulteney Alison FRSE FRCPE FSA (12 November 1790 – 22 September 1859) was a Scottish physician, social reformer and philanthropist. He was a distinguished professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He served as president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh (1833), president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1836–38), and vice-president of the British Medical Association, convening its meeting in Edinburgh in 1858.