James Carmichael Smyth ( 1741 - 1821 )

Birth: Fife, Scotland (1741) Death: 18 June 1821 Education: MD (1764, Edinburgh) Career: Physician, Middlesex Hospital (1775); used nitric acid fumes to control typhus fever in Winchester Prison and hospital (1780), and made further experiments on a prison ship; awarded £5000 by the Government for his work and made Physician Extraordinary to George III Memberships: LCP (1770); FCP speciali gratia (1788); Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/05/1779.