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Fox, Dr. R Fortescue
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1858-1940
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(from obituary published in Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 56 (1940) : xlii-xliii.)
R. Fortescue Fox, M.D., FRCP, London, 1858-1940
House physician for Sir Andrew Clark. Interest in climatology, balneology. Suffered from tuberculosis. Worked as a ships surgeon on a voyage to China. worked as a physician at the Strathpeffer Spa in Scotland.
First editor of "The Archives of Medical Hydrology" and author of "Principles and PRactice of Medical Hydrology" and "Physical Remedies for Disabled Soldiers", "Causation and Treatment of Chronic Rheumatism". Leader in founding of the Red Cross Clinic for Rheumatism in London.
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Created 2015-10-28 by Anna St.Onge.
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- English
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242207/?page=1 [Transactions of the American Clinical Climatological Assocaition 56 (1940) : xlii-xliii.]