Francis Home FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician, and the first Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh, known to make the first attempt to vaccinate against measles, in 1758. In 1783 he was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Andrew DuncanAlso won Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Alexander BiggamAlso won Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
William Pulteney AlisonAlso won Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghKenneth PalmerAlso won Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Iain ChalmersAlso won Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghDoctors born in the 1710s 1
About this person
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1719 to 1813 · aged 93
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