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James Braid

1795 - 1860

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James Braid (19 June 1795 – 25 March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon, natural philosopher, and "gentleman scientist". He was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, spinal curvature, knock-knees, bandy legs, and squint; a significant pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, and an important and influential pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia and chemical anaesthesia. He is regarded by some, such as Kroger (2008, p. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Braid has received more than 9,129 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James Braid is the 413th most popular physician (down from 324th in 2019), the 2,385th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,814th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Physician.

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  • 51.02

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  • 20

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  • 4.76

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  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, James Braid ranks 413 out of 502. Before him are Vladimir Filatov, Hiroshi Nakajima, Bernard de Jussieu, Emil Aarestrup, Kadambini Ganguly, and William Stewart Halsted. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, William Gull, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Oskar Minkowski, Kiyoshi Shiga, and Hiraga Gennai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, James Braid ranks 39. Before him are Thomas Arnold, Ghazi Muhammad, Arthur Morin, James Barry, Karl Eichwald, and Carl Anton von Meyer. After him are Kondraty Ryleyev, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Karl Ludwig Sand, Peter Jan Beckx, Adolf Bernhard Marx, and Rowland Hill. Among people deceased in 1860, James Braid ranks 34. Before him are Ferdinand Christian Baur, Joseph Cafasso, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Aleksey Khomyakov, Ludwig Rellstab, and Élie, duc Decazes. After him are Honoré Charles Reille, Tokugawa Nariaki, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Martin Rathke, Friedrich Silcher, and Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Braid ranks 2,385 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Peach Robinson (1830), James Nasmyth (1808), Nevil Shute (1899), Al Stewart (1945), John Terry (1980), and Stephen Hendry (1969). After him are Joss Ackland (1928), Rupert Brooke (1887), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), John Pell (1611), Bob Anderson (1931), and Peter Pears (1910).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, James Braid ranks 31. Before him are Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), William Bayliss (1860), and John Latham (1740). After him are William Gull (1816), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), William Turner (1510), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), and James Young Simpson (1811).

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