Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet as British surgeon.
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet was born at London in 1783. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He trained at Charterhouse School and St George's, University of London.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1811), Croonian Medal and Lecture (1810) and Royal Medal.
That the work was done from United Kingdom matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet died in 1862, aged 79. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Copley Medal — 1811
- Croonian Medal and Lecture — 1810
- Royal Medal
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