John Yelloly
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John Yelloly was an English physician.
Yelloly was born at Alnwick
, Northumberland, on 30 April 1774, and was the youngest and sole survivor of seven children. His father died when his youngest child was an infant, and Yelloly owed his home education to his mother, who was of the family of Davison of Whittingham
. He was sent to the grammar school of Alnwick, and thence to the university of Edinburgh
, where he graduated M.D. in 1799. He settled in London in 1800, and in 1807 became physician to the London Hospital, an office which he retained till 1818.
In 1805, with Alexander John Gaspard Marcet, he was the originators of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, and he and Charles Aikin were the first secretaries of the society. The formation of the library, now the best collection of medical books in London, was chiefly due to his exertions. He went to live at Carrow Abbey
, near Norwich, in 1818, and became physician in 1820 to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
. He retired from practice, being wealthy, in 1832, and then resided at Woodton Hall, near Norwich. He was thrown on to his head from a phaeton in April 1840, and became in consequence paralysed on the right side. On 28 January 1842 this was followed by an apoplectic attack and paralysis of the left side, of which he died at Cavendish Hall, Suffolk, on 31 January 1842.
In 1806 he married the daughter of Samuel Tyssen of Narborough Hall, Norfolk, by whom he left issue. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
, and published in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1829 ‘Remarks on the Tendency to Calculous Diseases,’ one of the numerous works which owe their origin to the fine museum of stones extracted from the bladder and preserved in the Norwich Hospital. He published a further work on the same subject in 1830, and a pamphlet ‘On Arrangements connected with the Medical Relief of the Sick Poor’ in 1837. He read before the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society seven papers, of which the most valuable are two on a paralysis due to tumour of the brain.
Yelloly was born at Alnwick
Alnwick
Alnwick is a small market town in north Northumberland, England. The town's population was just over 8000 at the time of the 2001 census and Alnwick's district population was 31,029....
, Northumberland, on 30 April 1774, and was the youngest and sole survivor of seven children. His father died when his youngest child was an infant, and Yelloly owed his home education to his mother, who was of the family of Davison of Whittingham
Whittingham, Northumberland
Whittingham is a village in the English County of Northumberland.In the village is Whittingham Tower, a pele tower dating from the thirteenth or fourteenth century, converted into almshouses in 1845, and now in private ownership.- Governance :...
. He was sent to the grammar school of Alnwick, and thence to the university of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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, where he graduated M.D. in 1799. He settled in London in 1800, and in 1807 became physician to the London Hospital, an office which he retained till 1818.
In 1805, with Alexander John Gaspard Marcet, he was the originators of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, and he and Charles Aikin were the first secretaries of the society. The formation of the library, now the best collection of medical books in London, was chiefly due to his exertions. He went to live at Carrow Abbey
Carrow Abbey
Carrow Abbey is a former Benedictine Priory in Bracondale, northeast Norwich, England. The village on the site was previously called Carrow and gives its name to Carrow Road, the football ground of Norwich F.C., located just metres to the north. Granted by charter of King Stephen, it was founded ca...
, near Norwich, in 1818, and became physician in 1820 to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital [7] was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch...
. He retired from practice, being wealthy, in 1832, and then resided at Woodton Hall, near Norwich. He was thrown on to his head from a phaeton in April 1840, and became in consequence paralysed on the right side. On 28 January 1842 this was followed by an apoplectic attack and paralysis of the left side, of which he died at Cavendish Hall, Suffolk, on 31 January 1842.
In 1806 he married the daughter of Samuel Tyssen of Narborough Hall, Norfolk, by whom he left issue. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
, and published in the ‘Philosophical Transactions’ for 1829 ‘Remarks on the Tendency to Calculous Diseases,’ one of the numerous works which owe their origin to the fine museum of stones extracted from the bladder and preserved in the Norwich Hospital. He published a further work on the same subject in 1830, and a pamphlet ‘On Arrangements connected with the Medical Relief of the Sick Poor’ in 1837. He read before the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society seven papers, of which the most valuable are two on a paralysis due to tumour of the brain.