For almost 200 years there had been a doctor resident in Bow. I was the twenty-ninth.
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THE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN OF BOW
Biographies of other local doctors
Click on any of the names below to find out more about these doctors and their families
Other North Tawton doctors, 1836-1888
Charles Snape Morchard Bishop about 1866-1875
Chales Claridge Pratt
Morchard Bishop 1909-1936
John Millard Coldridge about 1838-1841
Richard Davy Zeal Monachorum 1891-1920
John Battishill Spreyton about 1830 - 1874
Sir Henry Davy and
Exeter specialists that cared for
Mr Russell Coombe Charles Haycroft in his final illness.
Francis Synge Sillifant Surgeon Major, buried at Colebrooke 1894
John Mortimer Naval Surgeon, married at Clannaborough 1806
Alexander Wynter Blyth Medical Officer of Health, Devon 1873
Rupert Gettliffe Surgeon in Colebrooke 1760
Christian Budd North Tawton 1841 - 1891
William Cookesley Surgeon in Crediton c 1731
George Bent Crediton and Exeter Physician 1730 -1780
John Dyer Crediton Surgeon and Apothecary c1760
Robert Fewings Arscott Exeter Surgeon 1826-1878.
Thomas Downey Surgeon Apothecaries
Thomas Hugo in Crediton 1791
The Holman Family Crediton Surgeons from 1803
William Tronson Morchard Bishop surgeon 1889 - 1893
Samuel Barnes Exeter Surgeon 1813-1858
Hugh Downman Exeter Physician 1771-1809
