Sir Thomas Hancock Arnold Chaplin FRCP (30 August 1864 – 18 October 1944) was a British physician. After studying at

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, Chaplin's primary appointment was at the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, where he remained for the next twenty-nine years. He co-authored the textbook on ''Fibroid Diseases of the Lung'', and ''The Science and Art of Prescribing'' and wrote ''The Illness and Death of Napoleon Bonaparte'' (1913). He loved old books and prints, and became Harveian Librarian at the

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, London.

Selected publications

* ''Fibroid Diseases of the Lung'' (joint) * ''The Science and Art of Prescribing'' (joint) * ''The Illness and Death of Napoleon Bonaparte'' (1913)

References

1864 births 1944 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Alumni of the University of Cambridge People from Fulbourn Presidents of the History of Medicine Society {{UK-med-bio-stub