John Floyer
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John Floyer. Credit: Wellcome Library
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| Born | 3 March 1649
Hints, Staffordshire, England
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| Died | 1 February 1734 (1734-03) (aged 84) |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, author |
| Spouse | Mary Fleetwood |
| Children | John Floyer |
| Parent(s) | Richard Floyer Elizabeth Babington |
Sir John Floyer (3 March 1649 – 1 February 1734) was an English physician and author.
John Floyer was born on 3 March 1649. He was the third child and second son of Elizabeth Babington and Richard Floyer, of Hints Hall, a since demolished country house. Hints is a quiet village lying a short distance from LichfieldinStaffordshire.[1] He was educated at the University of Oxford.
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.[2]
Floyer was married to Mary Fleetwood of Lichfield, a widow, in April 1680.[3] Their son John Floyer (c.1681–1762) was a Tory Member of Parliament for Tamworth from 1741 to 1742.[4]
He died on 1 February 1734.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Floyer, Sir John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 574.| International |
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