William Bromfeild

William Bromfeild, whose name is often misspelled Bromfield, was an English surgeon who lived from 1712 to 1792. Born in London, he trained under a surgeon, began practising early on his own account, and from 1741 gave a well attended course of lectures on anatomy and surgery. With Martin Madan he planned the London Lock Hospital for the treatment of venereal disease and served as its surgeon, and he was also elected a surgeon of St George's Hospital. In 1761 he joined the party that attended the Princess of Mecklenburg on her journey to England to marry George III and afterwards became surgeon to the queen's household. He contributed papers to the Transactions of the Royal Society and wrote on anatomy, English nightshades, smallpox inoculation and a two volume work of surgical cases. He retired to a house he built in Chelsea Park and died in 1792.