Edward Goodman Clarke (fl. 1812) was an English physician.

Biography

Clarke was born in London. He was a pupil of Mr. Cline, sen., at the same period with

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, but on his fathers death he bought a commission in the 1st foot. Going to the West Indies, he married Miss Duncan, his colonel's daughter, but relapsed into intemperate habits, and took to writing as a refuge from starvation. He was admitted M.D. at

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on 24 October 1791, and licentiate of the

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in 1792. He was appointed a physician to the army by the influence of Cline and Astley Cooper, but did not mend his habits, and finally died of diseased liver. He wrote: *'Medicinæ Praxeos Compendium,' 1799. *'The Modern Practice of Physic,' 1805. *'Conspectus of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopœia,' 1810. *'The New London Practice of Physic,' British Museum copy marked seventh edition, 1811 (a much enlarged edition of 2). In it he manifests very little knowledge of disease; he still advocates inoculation as the best remedy for small-pox, and mentions vaccination slightingly.

References

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