John Malcolm (surgeon)

John Malcolm
Born1814 (1814) (aged 81)
Haughton-le-Skerne, England
Died(1895-06-16)16 June 1895
Gainford, England
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Surgeon
  • hydrotherapist
  • activist

John Malcolm (1814 – 16 June 1895) was an English surgeon, hydrotherapist, and activist. He was an advocate for hydrotherapy and vegetarianism, serving as a vice president of the Vegetarian Society.

Biography

Malcolm was born at Haughton-le-Skerne in 1814. He was the youngest son of Major John Malcolm. He studied at the London Hospital Medical College and University of Edinburgh Medical School. He qualified MRCS in 1836 and FRCS in 1858. He was a surgeon at Kirkleatham, Haughton, Darlington, and Gainford.

Malcolm worked in England, Germany and South Africa. He was resident physician at Bowness Hydropathic Establishment in Windermere for many years. Malcolm became a vegetarian in 1847 and was a vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. He also contributed to The Vegetarian Messenger. Malcolm believed that hydropathy combined with a vegetarian diet could be used to treat disease.

Malcom died on 16 June 1895 at Gainford, at the age of 81.

References

  1. ^ a b Gregory, James Richard Thomas Elliott (2002). "Biographical Index of British Vegetarians and Food reformers of the Victorian Era". The Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1840–1901: A Study of Its Development, Personnel and Wider Connections (PDF). Vol. 2. University of Southampton. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Leeds Mercury. 22 June 1895. p. 19. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "John Malcolm (1814 - 1895)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Windermere". The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger. 11 (146): 184. 1884.
  5. ^ a b Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 170
  6. ^ Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform. London: Ideal Publishing Union. p. 170 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Deaths". The Lancet. 1: 1619. 1895.