Henry Marshall (physician)

Dr Henry Marshall FRSE (1775–1851) was a Scottish military surgeon, hygienist and medical author.

His maternal uncle, the Rev Robert Rennie, had written statistical accounts of the local population, and this link seemed to instil an early love of this field.

In January 1805 he transferred to a land-based role with the Forfarshire Militia and in April 1806 moved again, to serve the 69th Regiment of Foot.

During this period he began tabulating statistics of soldiers and various diseases in an attempt to understand under-lying patterns.

[3] In 1835, together with Sir A. M. Tulloch, he was instructed to create statistics of military mortalities and illnesses leading to discharge from the Army.