Sydenham Thomas

Sydenham, THOMAS (1624-89), "The English Hippocrates," was born in Dorsetshire and educated at Oxford, where be became a fellow of All Souls'. Before 1663 he had settled in London as a medical practitioner; Abandoning the "chemical" and mathematical theories of his day, he made it his object to study the symptoms and constitution of each patient who came under his care and be guided by his own observation and experience. He was consequently regarded with but small favour by the College of Physicians, but his treatment was uniformly successful, and he enjoyed the esteem of Locke, Boyle, and other eminent men.