Benjamin Chandler

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1737-1786

Vol II

Pg 331

Benjamin Chandler

1737-1786

Vol II

Pg 331

b.1737 d.10 May 1786

MD Ex LRCP(1783)

Benjamin Chandler, M.D., was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College 31st October, 1783. He practised at Canterbury; and, dying there on the 10th May, 1786, aged forty-nine, was buried in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, in that city. In the south aisle is a flagstone thus inscribed:

Here lie the remains of
Benjamin Chandler, Junr., M.D.,
a man of great erudition
and singularly eminent in his profession.
He died on the 10th of May, 1786,
deeply lamented by his relatives and friends.

He was the author of—

An Essay on the present Method of Inoculation. 8vo. Lond. 1767.
An Enquiry into the various Theories and Methods of Cure in Apoplexies and Palsies. 8vo. Canterbury. 1785.

William Munk