Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734
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Name (Latin)
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734
Date of birth
1649-03-03
Date of death
1734-02-01
Field of activity
Medicine
Occupation
Physicians
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- The ancient psychrolousia revived, 1703:title page (Sir John Floyer)
- Wikipedia, May 3, 2016(Sir John Floyer (3 March 1649 - 1 February 1734) was an English physician and author. He practised in Lichfield, and it was by his advice that Dr Johnson, when a child, was taken by his mother to be touched by Queen Anne for the king's evil on 30 March 1714. As a physician, Floyer was best known for introducing the practice of pulse rate measurement, and creating a special watch for this purpose. He was an advocate of cold bathing, and gave an early account of the pathological changes in the lungs associated with emphysema)