13 Facts About Richard Bayley

Richard Bayley was a New York City physician and the first chief health officer of the city.

Richard Bayley married John's sister, Catherine Charlton, at St John's Episcopal Church in 1767; her father was the rector of St Andrew's Church.

Richard Bayley traveled to London in 1769, where he studied anatomy with William Hunter.

Richard Bayley returned to the United States in 1772, where he opened a practice with Charlton, his father-in-law and former instructor.

Richard Bayley returned to England in 1775 to continue his work with Hunter.

Guy's son James Roosevelt Richard Bayley became a Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop.

Richard Bayley's chief focus in his medical practice was the poor of the city.

Richard Bayley helped to found the New York Dispensary, which operated in the Greenwich Village neighborhood well into the 20th century.

Richard Bayley was the first American surgeon to successfully amputate an arm at the shoulder.

Richard Bayley's laboratory was attacked in the 1788 Doctors' Riot, which was sparked by public outrage at the illegal procurement of corpses for dissection.

Richard Bayley began studies of yellow fever when the disease broke out in New York in 1795.

Richard Bayley contracted yellow fever while checking a ship that had just arrived from Ireland and died from it on August 17,1801.

Richard Bayley was buried in the cemetery of the church served by his father-in-law.