Hitchman

Dr Hitchman
Born	1805
Died	1867
Residence	Mickleover nr Derby
Occupation	medical
Society Membership membership ESL Ordinary Fellow left not on printed lists elected_ESL 1853.12.01

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in 1849 The Pastures, Derby's Paupers Lunatic Asylum was built under the supervision of Dr John Hitchman, who for the first time released the sick and mentally ill from their shackles and treated them with dignity

Same or not? John Hitchman 1805 – 1867 MRCS, was a British orthodox Surgeon, Surgeon at the Leamington Hospital, who converted to homeopathy late in his medical career in *1865, member of the Midland Homeopathic Society,
John Hitchman lived for over 40 years at 10 Euston Place, Leamington, and was one of the most renowned doctors in Leamington, and he also practiced at the Hydropathic Establishment, the Arboretum, Leamington,
*In 1857 in a letter to The Lancet, John Hitchman explained that he had been experimenting with high dilutions, using arsenius acid, in doses of one hundredth of a grain in the treatment of cholera with good success,
John Hitchman was also an advocate of hydrotherapy, and he was especially interested in sanitary reform. John Hitchman founded the Arboretum in 1864 in Tachbrook Road, Leamington Spa, which eventually became the Midland County Home for Incurables.
Two years after John Hitchman’s death, his friend Henry Jephson formed a fund to build the Hitchman Fountain at Leamington Spa, unveiled on 25.10.1869, (picture © Copyright David Stowell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence), was built in his memory.