John Purcell (c. 1674-1730) studied medicine at the University of Montpellier where he was a student of Pierre Chirac, a correspondent of Sloane’s. He published a ‘A Treatise of the Cholick’ in 1714 and was admitted a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London in 1730.
Reference:
Norman Moore, ‘Purcell, John (c.1674-1730)’, rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22895 [accessed 17 June 2011]).
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