Mead, Richard

1673 - Born in Stepney, London on the 11th of August.

1695 - He graduated in philosophy and physic at Padua.

1696 - He returned to London, entering at once on a successful practice.

1702 - His Mechanical Account of Poisons appeared.

1703 - He was admitted to the Royal Society, to whose Transactions he contributed in that year a paper on the parasitic nature of scabies.

1714 - Mead became the recognized head of his profession, he attended Queen Anne on her deathbed,

1727 - He was appointed physician to George II, having previously served him in that capacity when he was prince of Wales.

1745 - Died in London on the 16th of February.