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Ley, Hugh, c1790-1837, physician
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c1790-1837
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Born in c1790 and educated in his home town of Abingdon under Dr Lempriere before proceeding to Edinburgh where he graduated in 1813. He was a physician in the Westminster Lying-in hospital, then became a lecturer on midwifery and the diseases of women and children at Middlesex Hospital and at St Bartholomew's from 1835. He was associated with Dr Samuel Merriman, physician who also lectured on midwifery. Died in 1837.
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KCL-AF1359