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'''John Clark''' M.D. (1744–1805) was a Scottish physician, known also as a medical philanthropist in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Born at [[Roxburgh]], Clark studied divinity at the [[University of Edinburgh]], before turning to medicine. In 1768 he obtained the appointment of surgeon's mate in the East India Company's service. He retired from it about 1775, and settled in medical practice near Newcastle, having graduated M.D. at the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Clark, John (1744-1805)|volume=10}}</ref><br />
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Clark became well known for his interest in medical schemes for the benefit of the poor. He was the founder of the Newcastle Dispensary; he recommended reforms in the management of [[Newcastle Infirmary]], and he called attention to the need of hospitals for infectious diseases.<ref name="DNB"/> At the end of his life, he was attacked by [[Thomas Trotter (physician)|Thomas Trotter]], in the ''Medical and Physical Journal'', over his treatment of a pregnant patient in 1804.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vale |first1=Brian |last2=Edwards |first2=Griffith |title=Physician to the Fleet: The Life and Times of Thomas Trotter, 1760-1832 |date=2011 |pages=151–153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olAUU-9ncTcC&pg=PA151 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=9781843836049 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Clark died at [[Bath, Somerset]] on 15 April 1805.<ref name="DNB"/> A memoir was published by the physician [[John Ralph Fenwick]] in 1806.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fenwick |first1=John Ralph |title=Sketch of the Professional Life and Character of John Clark, M.D.: Read at the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, November, 1805 |date=1806 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbpcAAAAcAAJ |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Clark commented, in its first annual report of 1777, that the founding of the Newcastle Dispensary "has as its object the cure of Fevers''.<ref>I. S. L. Loudon, ''The origins and growth of the Dispensary movement in England'', Bulletin of the History of Medicine Vol. 55, No. 3 (Fall 1981), pp. 322-342, at p. 332. Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press<br />
{{jstor|44441381}}</ref> He published:<ref name="DNB"/><br />
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* ''Observations on fevers, especially those of the continued type; and on the scarlet fever attended with ulcerated sore-throat in 1778'', London 1780.<br />
* ''Letter to Dr Leslie, F.R.S. on the Influenza; as it Appeared at Newcastle upon Tyne'' (1783), addressed to [[Patrick Duguid Leslie]].<ref name="ODNB"/><br />
* ''Observations on the Diseases in Long Voyages to Hot Countries, particularly the East Indies'', 2 vols. London 1792.<br />
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He wrote also an ''Account of a Plan for Newcastle Infirmary'', and papers on institutions for infectious diseases in populous towns.<ref name="DNB"/><ref>''Collection of papers, intended to promote an institution for the cure and prevention of infectious fevers in Newcastle and other populous towns'' (2 vols., 1802).</ref><br />
[[File:Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary in 1786 Print.jpg|thumb|Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary at Forth Banks, 1786 engraving]]<br />
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==Family==<br />
Clark's first wife, Mary, died in 1781. In 1783, he married again, to Susannah Heath of Newcastle. They had a family of nine children, including [[William Clark (anatomist)|William Clark]] (1788–1869) who became [[Professor of Anatomy (Cambridge)|Professor of Anatomy]] at Cambridge. They were Unitarians.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=5466|first=A.-H.|last=Maehle|title=Clark, John}}</ref><br />
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