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George Bodington (1799 - 1882) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 general practitioner
General practitioner

A general practitioner, or GP is a Physician who provides primary care and Specialty in family medicine. A general practitioner treats Acute and Chronic and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes....
 and pulmonary specialist.

Born in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
, he served a surgical
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
 apprenticeship then studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital

St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield, London in the City of London, England....
. In 1825 he was licenced by the Society of Apothecaries, and became a physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and GP in Erdington
Erdington

Erdington is an area five miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, England. It is also a Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, managed by its own district committee....
 (then in Warwickshire
Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....
, now West Midlands
West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in West Midlands England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
).

His great professional interest was pulmonary disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 and in 1836 he acquired the asylum and sanitorium at Driffold House, Maney
Maney

Maney is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is situated close to the town centre of Sutton Coldfield and is also near Wylde Green and Walmley....
, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
.

In 1840 he published his essay, On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption
Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
, condemning contemporary treatments and advocating instead dry frosty air, gentle exercise, and a healthy diet.






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George Bodington (1799 - 1882) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 general practitioner
General practitioner

A general practitioner, or GP is a Physician who provides primary care and Specialty in family medicine. A general practitioner treats Acute and Chronic and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes....
 and pulmonary specialist.

Born in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College redirects here, see also Magdalene College, CambridgeMagdalen College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England....
, he served a surgical
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
 apprenticeship then studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital
St Bartholomew's Hospital

St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield, London in the City of London, England....
. In 1825 he was licenced by the Society of Apothecaries, and became a physician
Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury....
 and GP in Erdington
Erdington

Erdington is an area five miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, England. It is also a Government of Birmingham, England#Districts, managed by its own district committee....
 (then in Warwickshire
Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county....
, now West Midlands
West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in West Midlands England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
).

His great professional interest was pulmonary disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 and in 1836 he acquired the asylum and sanitorium at Driffold House, Maney
Maney

Maney is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is situated close to the town centre of Sutton Coldfield and is also near Wylde Green and Walmley....
, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
.

In 1840 he published his essay, On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption
Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
, condemning contemporary treatments and advocating instead dry frosty air, gentle exercise, and a healthy diet. This was attacked by reviewers
Peer review

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 and he became disenheartened with his work.

He later turned to the treatment of insanity. In 1851 the local census recorded eleven "lunatics" and six staff, including the doctor and his family, at Driffold House.

At some point the asylum was moved to the White House, Maney, which was demolished in 1935 to provide a site for an Odeon cinema
Odeon Cinemas

Odeon Cinemas is the largest chain of movie theater in Europe and is wholly based within the United Kingdom. It is owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners....
 (now part of the Empire Cinemas
Empire Cinemas

Empire Cinemas is a movie theater chain in the United Kingdom. It is a sister company of the Republic of Ireland cinema chain Ward Anderson.In 2005, both Odeon Cinemas and the UK operations of United Cinemas International were taken over by Terra Firma Capital Partners who planned to merge the businesses under the Odeon brand....
 group). In 1881 the Doctor was living at Manor Hill where his two daughters ran a girls boarding school. The census of that year shows nine pupils of which five were nieces.

He was also a local politician and served on the Sutton Corporation for forty years (having as usual being appointed for life).

He was the paternal grandfather of barrister Oliver Bodington
Oliver Bodington

Oliver Eaton Bodington , barrister at law of the Inner Temple, Licensee en Droit, University of Paris, Member of the United States Federal Bar and President of the United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, was born March 6, 1859 in Kingsford, Staffordshire, the son of George Fowler Bodington , a physician, and his wife Caroline Mary Eaton ....
 and the great-grandfather of Nicholas Bodington
Nicholas Bodington

Nicholas Redner Bodington was, during the Second World War, a head of Special Operations Executive#France of the Special Operations Executive. He took part in 4 missions to France....
.

See also

Jane Davage, The life and times of George Bodington, 1981