Henry Bracken
Henry Bracken, M.D. (1697–1764), was a writer on farriery.Bracken was the son of Henry Bracken of Lancaster, and was baptised there 31 October 1697.
His early education was gained at Lancaster under Mr. Bordley and the Rev. Thomas Holmes, and he was afterwards apprenticed to Dr. Thomas Worthington, a physician in extensive practice at Wigan. At the expiration of his apprenticeship, about 1717, he went to London, and passed a few months as a pupil at St Thomas' Hospital. Thence he went over to Paris to attend the Hôtel-Dieu, and subsequently to Leyden, where he studied under Herman Boerhaave, and took his degree of M.D., but his name is omitted from the ''Album Studiosorum Academiæ Lugd. Bat.'', printed in 1875.
On his return to London he attended the practice of Drs. Wadsworth and Plumtree, and soon began to practise on his own account at Lancaster, and before long became widely known as a surgeon and author.
About 1746 he was charged with abetting the Jacobite rebels and thrown into prison, but was discharged without trial, there appearing to have been no ground for his arrest; indeed, he had previously rendered a service to the king by intercepting a messenger to the rebels, and sending the letters to the general of the king's forces, and for this act he had been obliged to keep out of the way of the Pretender's followers.
He received much honour in his native town, and was twice elected mayor — in 1747-48 and 1757-58. In his method of practice as a medical man he was remarkably simple, discarding many of the usual nostrums. In private life he was liberal, generous, charitable, and popular; but his love of horse-racing, of conviviality, and of smuggling, which he called gambling with the king, prevented him from reaping or retaining the full fruits of his success. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1774
Published 1774
printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange in the Strand; and C. Etherington, at York
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1767
Published 1767
printed for John Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Strahan, in Fleet-Street; and B. Collins, in Salisbury
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1737
Published 1737
printed for J. Clarke at the Golden-Ball, Duck-Lane; and J. Shuckburgh at the Sun near the Inner-Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed for J. Clarke at the Golden-Ball, Duck-Lane; and J. Shuckburgh at the Sun near the Inner-Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1739
Published 1739
printed for J. Clarke at the Golden-Ball, Duck-Lane; and J. Shuckburgh at the Sun near the Inner-Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1743
Published 1743
printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1743
Published 1743
printed for B. Dod at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary Lane near Stationers-Hall
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1750
Published 1750
printed for B. Dod at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall, and W. Johnston at the Golden Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1763
Published 1763
printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and A. Shuckburgh, at the Sun, between the Temple-Gates, Fleet-Street
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1775
Published 1775
printed for the author, and sold by John Bell, Bookseller in the Strand; and C. Etherington, in York
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by Bracken, Henry
Published 1744
Published 1744
printed for B. Dod at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall
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