About Peter Canvane
Lived 1720 – 1786 (aged 66). Peter Canvane was a physician and pharmacist.
Peter Canvane FRS (1720–1786) was an American physician.
Biography Canvane an American by birth, entered as a medical student at Leyden on 4 March 1743. After graduating M.D. at Rheims he became a licentiate of the London College of Physicians in 1744. He practised for many years at St. Kitts in the West Indies, and afterwards settled at Bath. Later he retired to the continent, dying at Brussels in 1786. Canvane was a fellow of the Royal Society, and shares with Fraser, an army surgeon, the credit of introducing castor oil into this country, having had large experience of its beneficial employment in medicine in the West Indies. He published a pamphlet on the subject in 1766.
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Who was Peter Canvane?
Bermudan physician; (1720-1786)
When was Peter Canvane born?
Peter Canvane was born on 17 January 1720 in Bermuda.
When did Peter Canvane die?
Peter Canvane died on 17 January 1786 in Brussels.
What was Peter Canvane's occupation?
Peter Canvane was a physician and pharmacist.
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