Robert tabor biography
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Robert Tabor
English physician
For the painter, see Robert Byron Tabor.
Robert Tabor | |
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| Born | 1642? Cambridgeshire |
| Died | November 1681 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Physician |
Sir Robert Tabor, or Talbor, (1642?
– November 1681) was an English physician.
Biography
Tabor born in Cambridgeshire in 1642 or 1643. He was the son of John Tabor, registrar to the bishop of Ely and grandson of James Tabor, registrar of Cambridge University.
In early life he was apprenticed to a Cambridge apothecary named Dent. In this position he devoted his attention to improving the methods of administering quinine or jesuits’ bark as a cure for fever.
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At that time the after-effects of the drug rendered it an extremely dangerous remedy. To study its operation better Tabor removed to a marshy district in Essex, where fevers were prevalent. There he perfected his method of cure. Though he shrouded his remedy in considerable mystery, and disguised its nature by mixing it wi