Robert Fortescue Fox FRCP (1858–1940) was a British physician, surgeon, and one of the founders of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
[1] R. Fortescue Fox qualified MRCS in 1882 at the London Hospital in 1882 and was house physician to Sir Andrew Clark.
Upon his return he went to Strathpeffer Spa in Ross-shire, where he recovered his health, practised medicine, and gained knowledge of balneology.
[2] In 1905 he returned to London and in 1913 published Principles and Practice of Medical Hydrology, adding to his reputation as an authority on British and foreign spas.
[1]Robert Fortescue Fox, the most prominent British figure in twentieth-century spa medicine, promoted the use of the term, 'medical hydrology', which he defined as 'the science of waters, vapours, and mineral deposits in connection with waters, as used in medicine, both by internal administration and in the form of baths and applications ...[3]He was a strong advocate of treatment and training of the disabled war veterans, and became the first medical director of the Enham Village Centre,[1] which opened in 1919.