Adam Neale

Adam Neale M.D. (born 18th century – died 23 December 1832) was a Scottish army physician and author.

Life He was born in Scotland and educated in Edinburgh, where he graduated M.D. on 13 September 1802, his thesis being published as Disputatio de Acido Nitrico, Edinburgh. He was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, on 25 June 1806, and during the Peninsular War acted as physician to the forces, being also one of the physicians extraordinary to the Duke of Kent. Neale subsequently visited Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey, where he was physician to the British embassy at Constantinople.

About 1814, Neale was in practice at Exeter, but moved to Cheltenham in 1820. There he provoked a controversy, and in a few months returned to Exeter. In 1824, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of physician to the Devon and Exeter Hospital. He went to London, and resided for some time at 58 Guilford Street, Russell Square.