James Campbell (surgeon)
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James Drummond Campbell (1787–1818) was a 19th-century English Assistant Surgeon, who served as a medical officer and member of the 1808 British Harford Jones mission to Qajar Iran. From 1808 until 1818 he was part of the Bombay Medical Service.
Campbell was assigned to the Iranian army for some time under Qajar Crown Prince Abbas Mirza in Tabriz. He successfully treated Abbas Mirza of a sexually transmitted infection, but also, after agreeance of the Crown Prince, vaccinated his entire household against smallpox. From this point onwards, Abbas Mirza were to be indefinitely attended by a foreign doctor. Campbell died in Tehran and left an illegitimate son named Alexander who also served in the Bombay Medical Service.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mahdavi, Shireen (2000). "MEDICINE i. INTRODUCTION OF WESTERN MEDICINE TO IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
- ^ Afkhami, Amir Arsalan (2003). "HEALTH IN PERSIA iii. QAJAR PERIOD". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XII/1: Harem I–Hedāyat al-mota'allemin. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 104–111. ISBN 978-0-933273-74-0.
- ^ Campbell, Duncan Alexander Dundas (1925). Records of clan Campbell in the military service of the Honourable East India company, 1600-1858 (PDF). Longmans, Green and Co. p. lix.
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