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Jun 02, 1644 Died on 01 Jan 1713 (aged 68)
English empiric doctor
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About William Salmon
- William Salmon (1644–1713) was an English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts.
- He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick".
- Salmon held an equivocal place in the medical community.
- He led apothecaries in opposing attempts by physicians to control the dispensing of medicines, and was derided by physicians as "the King of the Quacks".
- He has been described as "a brilliant publicist, but not much of a philosopher".Salmon "copied, translated, abridged, enlarged and compiled from the texts of others" to create popular books emphasizing practice over theory, and often marketing his own medications.
- A prolific author on a broad range of medical topics, Salmon's works were widely read in his time.
- His books were owned by respected men including Isaac Newton, Daniel Defoe, William Congreve and Samuel Johnson.
