Edward Browne (physician)

He dissected nearly every day, studied botany, read medicine and literature and theology in his father's library, and saw at least one patient.

In 1668, he sailed to Rotterdam from Yarmouth and went to Leyden, Amsterdam, and Utrecht, visiting museums, libraries, and churches, attending lectures, and conversing with the learned.

His next journey was to Vienna, where he made friends with the imperial librarian Lambecius, and enjoyed many excursions and much learned conversation.

[2] From Vienna Browne made three long journeys, one to the mines of Hungary, one into Thessaly, and one into Styria and Carinthia.

At Buda he came into contact with the oriental world, and at Larissa he saw the Grand Seigneur, studied Greek remains, and followed in imagination the practice of Hippocrates.

He visited Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Liege, Louvain, Ghent, Bruges, and other towns of the Low Countries.

He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, and became physician to the King Charles II.

A Grub Street writer attributes part of his good fortune to the favour of one of Charles II's mistresses ; but the statement has no foundation in fact.

His note-books show that he laboured hard at his profession, and that through good introductions he early became known to many physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries.