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Brown (JOHN author of the Brunonian)

JOHN, author of the Brunonian system in medicine, born in Berwickshire, Scotland, in 1735. After studying ng medicine at the Edinburgh University he took the degree of Doctor in Medicine at St. Andrew's, and, after practicing and teaching in Edinburgh, he published his "Elements of Medicine" (in Latin). He maintained that the majority of diseases were proofs of weakness and not of excessive strength, and that bleeding was erroneous. His opinions materially influenced the practice of his professional successors. He removed to London in 1786, and died there, Oct. 17, 1788.