BILLING

Archibald ( son of Theodore Billing of Cromlyn, co. Dublin ). b. Cromlyn 10 Jany. 1791; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1811, M.B. 1814, M.A. and M.D. 1818; incorporated M.D. at Oxford 22 Oct. 1818; physician in London 1818 to death; F.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1819, Censor 1823, Cons i liar i us 1852 and 1855–57; the first in London to organise a system of practical teaching at the bedside and to give it full effect by regular clinical lectures; physician to London Hospital 2 July 1822 to 4 June 1845; member of senate of Univ. of London 1836 to death; F.R.S. 6 June 1844; author of First principles of medicine 1831, 6 ed. 1868; On the treatment of Asiatic cholera 1848; Practical observations on diseases of the lungs and heart 1852; The science of gems, jewels, coins and medals 1867. d. 34 Park lane, London 2 Sep. 1881. Medical Circular i , 243–45 (1852), portrait ; I.L.N. lxxix , 272 (1881), portrait ; Graphic xxiv , 389 (1881), portrait .