James Black

1788-1867

Vol III

Pg 277

b.1788 d.30 April 1867

MD Glasg(1820) LRCP(1823) FRCP(1860)

This biography is part of a series of historical obituaries, originally published in print. As products of their time periods, some biographies contain language which is inappropriate and offensive and present biased accounts of physicians’ lives and work that do not disclose unethical and discriminatory behaviour. As an establishment organisation, the RCP, its members, and the way they are written about, have often reflected societal power structures that favour dominant groups. We aim to redress these biases through ongoing work.

Below is the biography as originally published in 1878.

James Black, M.D., a native of Scotland and a doctor of medicine of Glasgow of 2nd May, 1820, was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1823; and a Fellow 1st February, 1860. He began life as a surgeon, was a licentiate of the Edinburgh college of surgeons of 1808, and then entered the royal navy. Retiring on half-pay, he practised as a physician at Manchester and at Bolton, and was physician to the Bolton infirmary and dispensary. Dr. Black eventually removed to Edinburgh, and died 30th April, 1867, aged seventy-nine.

He was the author of—
An Inquiry into the Capillary Circulation of the Blood and the intimate nature of Inflammation. 8vo. Lond. 1825.
A Comparative View of the Intimate Nature of Fever. 8vo. Lond. 1826.
A Manual of the Bowels, and their Treatment. 12mo. Lond.1840.

William Munk

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