Excerpt from A New General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 11 of 12: Projected and Partly ArrangedPearson, (george, ) a physician and medical writer, was born in Derbyshire, and studied at the university of Edin burgh. He took the degree of MD. In 1773, and his thesis on that occasion, De Putredine, was inserted in the first vo lume of the Edinburgh Medical Commen taries. In 1774 he removed to London, and studied at St. Thomas's Hospital. The following year he went to the con tinent, and having travelled in France, Germany, and Holland, he returned to England in 1777. He first settled as a ?hysician at Doncaster, where he remained or about six years, and then removed to London, where he was chosen one of the physicians to St. George's Hospital, at which he for many years delivered lec tures on medicine, physiology, materia medics, and chemistry. He was also elected a fellow of the Royal Society, to whose Transactions be furnished several contributions. He died in 1828. He published, Observations and Experiments on the Burton Waters, A Translation of the Table of Chemical Nomenclature drawn up by the French Chemists, and, An Inquiry concerning the History of the Cow Pox. He made a successful analysis of Dr. James's fever Powders.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.