Life

Broughton was son of the Rev. Thomas Broughton, M.A., who became rector of St. Peter's, Bristol

Bristol

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, in 1781. He was born in Bristol in July 1787, and was educated at the Grammar school

Bristol Grammar School

Bristol Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England. The school was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne....

 there, under Samuel Seyer, author of 'Memorials of Bristol.'

After studying at St. George's Hospital he became assistant-surgeon of the Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

 militia, and in October 1812 was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 2nd Life Guards, of which Mr. J. Carrick Moore, elder brother of the late General Sir John Moore

Sir John Moore

Sir John Moore may refer to:*Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet, British admiral *John Moore , British general...

, was then surgeon. Immediately afterwards Broughton was appointed additional surgeon with temporary rank, and placed in medical charge of the service squadrons of the regiment ordered abroad, with which he was present in the Iberian Peninsula and south of France

France

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 to the end of the war. He was also with his regiment at the battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

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In July 1821 he succeeded to the surgeoncy of the regiment on the resignation of Mr. Moore, who had just been granted a pension of £1,000 a year in recognition of the distinguished services of his late brother. Residing in London

London

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 with his regiment, Broughton devoted himself to professional and scientific studies.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Geological Society. In 1836 Broughton received an injury in the leg, caused by a fall, which resulted in disease of the ankle-joint, and eventually rendered amputation

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...

 necessary. The operation was performed by the eminent surgeon Listen, but terminated fatally on the tenth day. Broughton's death occurred at Regent's Park

Regent's Park

Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...

 barracks on 20 August 1837. He was interred at Kensal Green

Kensal Green

Kensal Green, also referred to as Kensal Rise is an area of London, England. It is located on the southern edge of the London Borough of Brent and borders the City of Westminster to the East and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the South....

 cemetery.

Works

His campaigning experiences from Lisbon

Lisbon

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 to Boulogne he related in a volume of 'Letters from Portugal, Spain, and France in 1812, 1813, and 1814' (London, 1815).

A list of original papers, chiefly relating to physiological research, contributed by him to various scientific journal

Scientific journal

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s, is in the Royal Society

Royal Society

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's 'Catalogue of Scientific Papers,' 1800-63, vol. i. With Mr. Wilcox, barrister-at-law, he produced and delivered lectures on forensic medicine and toxicology

Toxicology

Toxicology is a branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms...

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