1. Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st Baronet, was a British physician who is most-closely associated with the use of amyl nitrite to treat angina pectoris.
11 Facts About Lauder Brunton
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James's first wife was Euphemia Lauder Brunton, which gives explanation for his middle name, although he was not directly related to the Lauder Brunton's of the Bass.
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Lauder Brunton studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, beginning research into pharmacology while still a student there, and receiving a gold medal for his 1866 thesis on digitalis.
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Lauder Brunton left Edinburgh to work in Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany, returning to University College, London, and while there he was selected for a position at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
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Lauder Brunton reasoned that the pain and discomfort of angina could be reduced by administering amyl nitrite to open the coronary arteries of patients.
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In 1874, Lauder Brunton was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Lauder Brunton was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1900 New Year Honours list, received the knighthood by Queen Victoria at Osborne House on 9 February 1900, and was made a baronet in 1908.
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Lauder Brunton married Louisa Jane, daughter of Edward Stopford, Archdeacon of Meath, in 1879.
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Lauder Brunton died in London on 16 September 1916, aged 72, and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
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Lauder Brunton was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Stopford Brunton.
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Some of Lauder Brunton's papers are held at the National Library of Medicine.