Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (31 December 1816 – 29 January 1890) was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology and …

Sep 4, 2016 · Sir William Gull, who lived from 31st December 1816 - 29th January 1890, is an unlikely suspect for the Jack the Ripper killings, but his name has been suggested nonetheless.

Jan 25, 2025 · Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (born Dec. 31, 1816, Colchester, Essex, Eng.—died Jan. 29, 1890, London) was a leading English physician of his time, lecturer and physician at Guy’s Hospital, London, and an outstanding clinical teacher.

The year 2016 is the bicentenary of Sir William Withey Gull’s birth, a baronet and a court physician of the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria, and also an outstanding clinician. Gull was the first to describe anorexia nervosa.

May 7, 2017 · William Withey Gull studied paraplegia, anorexia, and hormones as a physician in England during the nineteenth century. In addition to caring for patients, he described the role of the posterior column of the spinal cord in paraplegia, and he was among the first to describe the conditions of anorexia and of hypochondria.

William Withey Gull was born on December 31st 1816 aboard the barge "The Dove" which was moored at St Osyth Mill in the parish of St Leonard, Colchester. He was the youngest of eight children and his father John Gull was a barge owner who died of cholera in London in 1827.

Dec 19, 2023 · William Gull (1816-90) This Colchester-born physician enjoyed a fulfilling career that saw him rise to the very top of his profession. There was nothing ordinary about the lad from an ordinary Essex background who made important contributions to medical science including naming ‘Anorexia Nervosa’.

Last year the RCP museum acquired the court dress of Sir William Withey Gull (1816–1890). Gull was one of the most famous physicians of his age, becoming a national figure after he helped to treat the Prince of Wales in 1871 after he fell ill with typhoid.

Nov 2, 2018 · William Gull (1816-1890) is remembered by nephrologists as one of the prominent Guy’s Hospital physicians who worked to extend the seminal observations first made by Richard Bright.

Sir William Gull took an important part in the public work of his day. From 1856 to 1889 he served on the Senate of the University of London. He was the first medical graduate nominated to fill that position.