Haighton, John (1755-1823)

Lectures in physiology

1801-1810

2 volumes

Purchased 1924 and 1929

The author was physician and physiologist, and had worked under Cline and John Hunter. He qualified M.D. at London and lectured on midwifery and physiology at Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, as well as lecturing on midwifery and obstetrics at an anatomy theatre in Southwark in collaboration with William Lowder. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further information.

At Wellcome Collection: Student notes of midwifery lectures by Haighton and William Lowder comprise MSS.2665-2666 and 3336-3337.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

From the Carline Collection.