Henry William Fuller

Henry William Fuller (1820 – 18 December 1873) F.R.C.P. was an English physician and writer.

Henry William Fuller
Born1820
London
Died18 December 1873(1873-12-18) (aged 52–53)
Occupation(s)Physician, writer

Fuller was born in London.[1] He was the son of surgeon Henry Peter Fuller. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital.[1] While studying at Cambridge, Fuller played one first-class cricket match for Cambridge Town Club against Cambridge University Cricket Club at Parker's Piece in 1841.[2] He took his M.B. in 1843 and practiced in London. He was elected assistant physician at St George's Hospital and became full physician in 1857.[1] Fuller advocated drug therapy and used alkalis for the treatment of rheumatism.[1]

His best known work was On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica, first published in 1853 and went through several editions.[3][4] Fuller promoted the theory that gout and rheumatism were both a disease of abnormal metabolism. He suggested that lactic acid has the same relationship to rheumatism that uric acid does to gout, which is excess in the blood.[5]

Fuller was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[4] He gave the Lumleian Lectures in 1866.[1] His brother, Ernest, was also a first-class cricketer.

Selected publications

References
  1. "Henry William Fuller". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Fuller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. "Reviewed Work: On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica: Their Pathology, Symptoms, and Treatment by Henry William Fuller". Association Medical Journal. 1 (8): 168–169. 1853. JSTOR 25494423.
  4. "Reviewed Work: On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, And Sciatica; Their Pathology, Symptoms, And Treatment by Henry William Fuller". The British Medical Journal. 1 (173): 303. 1860. JSTOR 25195994.
  5. Copeman, William. (1964). A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases. University of California Press. p. 131
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