Barter, Richard (1802–1870), physician and hydropath, was born at Cooldaniel, co. Cork, Ireland, the fifth son of Richard Barter and his wife Elizabeth, née Berkely. The death of his father and the formative experience of the local Whiteboy insurrection, during which he '...
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Virginia Smith
Gully, James Manby (1808–1883), physician and hydropath, was born on 14 March 1808 in Kingston, Jamaica, the fourth son in the family of at least four sons and five daughters of Daniel Gully (1769–1823), a coffee planter of Irish descent, and his wife, ...
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James Manby Gully (1808–1883) by L. Perini, 1860s © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Deen Mahomed (1759–1851) by Thomas Mann Baynes Wellcome Library, London
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Michael H. Fisher
Mahomed, Deen [formerly Deen Mahomet] (1759–1851), shampooing surgeon and restaurateur, was born Deen Mahomet in May 1759, in Patna, Bihar, India, the younger son of an Indian officer in the East India Company's Bengal army. Both parents were Shi'i Muslims claiming descent from ...
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Smedley, John (1803–1874), hydropathy practitioner and Free Methodist leader, was born on 12 June 1803 at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the eldest son of John Smedley (d. 1840), mill owner, and his wife, Mary. On his mother's side he descended from a long line of ...
