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Gilbert Blane

Scottish physician · Doctors · Lived 1749 to 1834 · aged 84

Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet FRSE FRS MRCP was a Scottish medical doctor who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. He saw action against both the French and Spanish fleets, and later served as a Commissioner on the Sick and Wounded Board of the Admiralty.

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Fellow of the Royal Society
Croonian Medal and Lecture
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He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1813.

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Doctors
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Doctor
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Deceased
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Lived 1749 to 1834 · aged 84