Ferriar, John, geb. 1763 in Chester, studirte Medicin in Edinburg u. lebte als praktischer Arzt in Manchester, wo er später Spitalarzt u. Irrenarzt wurde; er st. 1815 u. schr.: Medical histories reflexions, Lond. 1792–98, 3 Bde., neue Aufl. ebd. 1810–13, 4 Bde.; An essay on the medical properties of the digitalis purpurea, Manh. 1799; Bibliomania, Lond. 1809; An essay towards a theory of apparition, ebd. 1813.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
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John Ferriar — (1761, near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland February 4 1815), was a physician and a poet, most noted for his leadership of the Manchester Infirmary, and his studies of the causes of diseases such as typhoid. UK M.D. Edinburgh, 1781; his essay… … Wikipedia
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Laurence Sterne — (1713 1768), Gemälde von Joshua Reynolds, 1760 Laurence Sterne [stɜːɹn] (* 24. November 1713 in Clonmel, Irland; † 18. März 1768 in London) wa … Deutsch Wikipedia
