The Settlers Arrive There were two physicians on the Mayflower. One was Myles Standish, the commander of the Mayflower. He was an officer in the British army, a magistrate, an engineer, an explorer, an interpreter, a merchant, and a physician.…
William Banting (1796 – 1878) was a London undertaker. Undertaker you say? And why would an undertaker be found on the pages of a site devoted to health and wellness? Though it is true that Frank Lloyd Wright said, “The…
Civil War Surgeon, Spy, Suffragette
You're going to love this . . . and the surprise ending.
His colleagues hated him and his patients loved him. Florence Nightingale, after Barry's death would write: "I should say that he was the most hardened creature I ever met."
Commonly referred to as a Dietary Anthropologist.