William Tibbles
British physician and health writer (1859–1928)
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William Tibbles (1859 - February 1928) was a British physician and health writer.
Tibbles was born in Leicester. He received his LRCP (1881) and MRCS (1889) from Charing Cross Hospital where he worked as a pathological assistant.[1] He worked as a medical officer for the Melton Mowbray Rural District and Nottingham District Union. During 1915-1919 he was assistant physician at Nottingham General Hospital.[1]
Tibbles authored books on dietetics which were positively reviewed by the medical community.[2][3][4] He received honorary degrees, LL.D (1895) and M.D. (1907) from University of Chicago and D.C.L. (1904) from University of Washington.[1] Tibbles was a Freemason.[1]
Publications
- Food and Hygiene: An Elementary Treatise Upon Dietetics and Hygienic Treatment (1907)
- The Theory of Ions: A Consideration of its Place in Biology and Therapeutics (1909)[5]
- Foods: Their Origin, Composition and Manufacture (1912)
- Diet in Dyspepsia and Other Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels (1913)[6]
- Dietetics: Or Food in Health and Disease (1914)
- Life and Evolution (1927)