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Sir James Clark, first Baronet, (1788-1870) was a physician whose most notable achievement was his research into and publication of a treatise entitled The influence of climate in the prevention and cure of chronic disease of 1829.
In 1826 he was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and served on the General Medical Council between the years 1858 and 1860. He was responsible for a number of Royal commissions including advising on military hygeine in the aftermath of the Crimean War, and introduced Florence Nightingale to Queen Victoria. (R. Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
In 1826 he was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and served on the General Medical Council between the years 1858 and 1860. He was responsible for a number of Royal commissions including advising on military hygeine in the aftermath of the Crimean War, and introduced Florence Nightingale to Queen Victoria. (R. Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).