Coley N G
Sutton, Surrey, UK.
Notes Rec R Soc Lond. 2001 Sep;55(3):395-409. doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2001.0154.
Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh at the height of the 'golden age' of Scottish medicine, George Fordyce came to London, where he began to lecture on chemistry and medical subjects. As a physician at St Thomas's Hospital he became an authority on fevers, but his scientific interests remained wide. He studied the animal fluids involved in digestion, the effects of heat on the body, the applications of chemistry to agriculture and industry, and the gain in weight of metals on calcination, among other problems. His work was highly regarded in his lifetime, but an eccentric lifestyle and a lack of concern for the social graces tended to reduce his standing among medical colleagues. He made no significant discoveries and although his contributions to medical education were important, he has been largely neglected.
乔治·福代斯在苏格兰医学“黄金时代”的鼎盛时期于阿伯丁和爱丁堡接受教育，之后来到伦敦，在那里他开始讲授化学和医学课程。作为圣托马斯医院的一名医生，他成为了发烧方面的权威，但他的科学兴趣依然广泛。他研究了消化过程中涉及的动物体液、热对身体的影响、化学在农业和工业中的应用，以及金属煅烧时的重量增加等诸多问题。他的工作在他有生之年备受赞誉，但古怪的生活方式和对社交礼仪的漠视往往降低了他在医学同行中的地位。他没有重大发现，尽管他对医学教育的贡献很重要，但他在很大程度上已被忽视。
