Blane

Blane, Sir Gilbert, physician, was born in 1749 at Blanefield, Ayrshire. After graduating M.D. he became physician to the fleet in the West Indies under Admiral Rodney. In 1783 he was appointed physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, London, bringing out in the same year his treatise On the Diseases of Seamen, and in 1795 was one of the commissioners on the Navy Medical Board. In this latter capacity he was instrumental in introducing lime-juice as a preventive of scurvy on board ship. Among his publications the chief was Elements of Medical Logic, 1872. He received his baronetcy in 1812, and died in 1834.