Article: Bastian, Henry Charlton

Bastian, Henry Charlton

( b . Truro, England, 26 April 1837; d . Chesham Bois, England, 17 November 1915)

neurology, bacteriology .

Little is known of Bastian s early life except that his father was named James and that the boy showed great interest in natural history. In 1856 he entered University College London, and seven years later was graduated M.B. At first he worked at St. Mary s Hospital, London, as assistant physician and lecturer on pathology, but returned to his alma mater in 1867 as professor of pathological anatomy, having received the M.D. a year before. He continued to practice clinical medicine, and in 1878 was promoted to physician to University College ...

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