JEPHSON

Henry . b. near Mans field, Notts. 4 Oct. 1798; studied in St. George’s hospital; went to Leaming ton as a istant to Mr. Chambers 1818, a partner 1819, sole proprietor of the practice; M.D. Glasgow 1827; patients from all parts of Great Britain and from the Continent came to Leaming ton to be under his care; had a specially contrived travelling carriage made in which to attend patients at a distance from Leaming ton; his income for many years was over £20,000 a year; became totally blind 1848; made his patients eat moderately and abstain from stimulants and prescribed the Leaming ton waters internally and externally; a public statue of him erected at Leaming ton 1848 and the public gardens called after his name. d. Beech Lawn, Leaming ton 14 May 1878. Medical Times 25 May 1878 pp. 575–6; Leaming ton Chronicle 1 June 1878 p. 8.