Francis Home
Scottish physician
Died when: 93 years 90 days (1118 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
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Francis Home FRSE FRCPE (17 November 1719 in Eccles, Berwickshire – 15 February 1813) was a Scottish physician, and the first Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh, known to make the first attempt to vaccinate against measles, in 1758.
In 1783 he was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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