BROADBENT (Sir William Henry, F.R.S., 1835-1907, from 1891 Physician in Ordinary to Edward VII and (the later) George V, Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1898-1901)

ALS 'W.H. Broadbent' to Lady Shuttleworth saying they "shall be most happy to come in after dinner, Lady Broadbent, Miss Broadbent & myself, and I think Sir Thomas & Lady Barlow will be glad to accompany us but I have not yet had the opportunity of asking them. His Lordship no doubt knows Sir Thomas as a Lancashire man ...". 2 sides 8vo., 84 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, no date

Broadbent was Physician to the London Fever Hospital, 1860-1879, Pathologist and Lecturer at St. Mary's Paddington, 1860-1888. He studied cancer, paralysis and aphasia, wrote a valuable treatise on heart disease, and was known for Broadbent's Hypothesis of Hemiplegia.

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