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John Thomson
(15 Mar 1765 - 11 Oct 1846)
Scottish physician and surgeon who became Professor of Surgery in Edinburgh (1804) and was President of the Royal College of Physicians (1834). He was a world expert on inflammation, on which he published, along with chemistry, medical administration and The Life and Work of William Cullen.
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Science Quotes by John Thomson (1 quote)
In physical science the discovery of new facts is open to every blockhead with patience, manual dexterity, and acute senses; it is less effectually promoted by genius than by co-operation, and more frequently the result of accident than of design.
— John Thomson
In Review of 'An Account of the Life, Lectures, and Writings of William Cullen, M.D. Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh', The Edinburgh Review (1832), 55, 461.
See also:
- 15 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Thomson's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
