Born 8 Mar 1712; died 26 Dec 1780 at age 68.

English #physician who was first to describe #coronary #arteriosclerosis (hardening and thickening of the #arterial #wall, with a loss of #elasticity and #reduced #blood #flow) associated with #angina #pectoris. He began his medical practise in 1740. He was first to give a substantial description of #diphtheria in England in his Account of the Sore Throat Attended With #Ulcers(1748), and credited with the first accurate description of #migraine. He promoted coffee as a beverage in England, and as a crop in the West Indies. As a #Quaker and #philanthropist, he maintained a botanical garden in Upton, supported John Howard in his penal reforms and aided Benjamin Franklin (1774) draft a scheme of reconciliation between England and the American colonies.

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