John Fletcher Little

John Fletcher Little (1843 – 9 August 1914) was an Irish physician and Liberal Party politician.

John Fletcher Little
Born	1843 County Tipperary
Died	9 August 1914(1914-08-09) (aged 70–71)
Occupation	Physician

Little was born in County Tipperary.[1] He studied in Dublin and took the L.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1866. He practiced medicine at Woolton.[1] Fletcher was influenced by Silas Weir Mitchell's physical methods of treatment such as massage and visited the United States.[1]

Little studied at Cambridge and Charing Cross Hospital.[1] He took the M.B. in 1888 and M.R.C.P. in 1899.[2] He worked as a physician at the London Temperance Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. He was medical officer for Harrow.[1] With Sir Jonathan Hutchinson he started the London post-graduate scheme which developed into the Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic.[2]

He was a liberal and contested Oxford in 1895.[1] Little was inspired by James Salisbury's diet treatment and reported in 1886 that he had spent six weeks living on a diet of lean meat and hot water which made him lose a stone in weight.[3]

Little had three sisters and five brothers. He was the brother of Reverend Robert Wentworth Little.[1] Little was a former member of the London County Council. It was estimated that his estate was worth £19,904 in 1914.[4]