Sir Henry Halford, president of the Royal College of Physicians, with a note on his involvement in the exhumation of King Charles I

Henry Halford (formerly Vaughan) (1766–1844) was president of the Royal College of Physicians for an unprecedented 24 years. A successful physician, he had to resign his post at the Middlesex Hospital because of his growing private practice. He was physician to four reigning monarchs and had many fa...

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Published in:Postgraduate medical journal 2007-06, Vol.83 (980), p.431-433
Main Author: Morris, John S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autopsy - history
Biological and medical sciences
Cholera
England
Famous Persons
General aspects
Halford
Health participants
History of Medicine
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Medical sciences
Physicians - history
Presidents
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Societies, Medical - history
Success
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Summary:Henry Halford (formerly Vaughan) (1766–1844) was president of the Royal College of Physicians for an unprecedented 24 years. A successful physician, he had to resign his post at the Middlesex Hospital because of his growing private practice. He was physician to four reigning monarchs and had many famous patients including Geogiana Duchess of Devonshire in whom he correctly diagnosed a liver abscess when other physicians had failed. He was also involved in the exhumation of King Charles I, and the fourth cervical vertebra, through which the King had been executed, came into his possession.
ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pgmj.2006.055848