Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
William Richard Basham
English physician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
William Richard Basham, M.D. (1804–1877) was an English physician.
Biography
Basham was born at Diss, Norfolk, England. He was at first placed in a banking house, but entered as a student at Westminster Hospital in 1831. In 1833, he went to Edinburgh, and took his M.D. degree in the following year. After this he made a voyage to China, where, in a skirmish on the Canton River, he received a wound in the leg. In 1843, he was appointed physician to the Westminster Hospital, and he devoted himself to the school, giving lectures on medicine until 1871.
Remove ads
Works
He was a specialist in dropsy and renal disease, and wrote on these subjects. The illustrations in his works were from his own pencil. He was the author of:
- On Dropsy Connected With Disease of the Kidneys (morbus Brightii) .... London: J. Churchill, 1858 (3rd ed., 1866).
- Renal Diseases: a clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. London: J. Churchill, 1870.
- Aids to the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Kidney. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1872.
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads