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Dr George BODINGTON[7],[1] |
| Birth |
1799, Kenilworth, Warwickshire UK |
| Death |
1882, Kenilworth, Warwickshire UK Age: 83 |
| Death Memo |
Died of Tuberculosis (TB); see notes |
| Occupation |
Medical; expert in tuberculosis; see notes |
| Education |
Magdalen College, Oxford; Surgical apprenticeship |
| Father |
Joseph BODINGTON (1763-1837) |
| Mother |
Mary CATTELL (1762-1843) |
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| Marriage |
6 Oct 1827, Aston Juxta, Birmingham UK |
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| Notes for George (Spouse 1) | Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Practiced near Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Known as acute observer and a thoughtful and fluent speaker.
Warden of Sutton Coldfield, MD 1852-1854.
Served on Sutton Coldfield Corporation (council) for 40 years; appointed for life.
1840: published a revolutionary essay on the treatment and cure of pulmonary consumption in which he roundly condemned the current therapy and advocated instead fresh air in abundance, gentle exercise in the open, an adequate and varied diet and a minimum of medicaments. Violently attacked by reviewers he became discouraged about tuberculosis and devoted the remainder of his professional life to the care of the mentally ill. "... in this book Dr. Bodington anticipated by many years the modern view of the treatment of phthisis [tuberculosis or TB]" - See Lancet, March 11 1882.
Bodington Red Cross Hospital in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales [http://www.bodington.com.au/history.shtml] was later named after Dr. Bodington, who strangely enough died of the very thing he wrote the book about, TB.
Dr. George Bodington was an established General Practitioner in Erdington (Parish of Aston) Warwickshire UK, when he returned to Sutton Coldfield (adjoining parish) to devote himself to the care of the Mentally Sick. In 1836 he became proprietor of the Diffold House Asylum in Maney. According to the 1851 census there were 11 Lunatic Patients at the Driffold Asylum with a staff of 6 including his wife Ann and daughter Mary. Some of the area of the Diffold Asylum was later the site of Sutton Coldfield Odeon cinema.
Asylum moved to White House, Maney, Sutton Coldfield; 1881: living at Manor Hill where two daughters ran a girls boarding school; 9 pupils of which five were nieces.
He died in 1882 in his 83rd year in Sutton Coldfield. | |
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| Database record last updated 30 Mar 2008 |
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