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NAME KING 661 KINLOCH King, David (1812-1882) David King, born in Newport, Rhode Is- land, May 10, 1812, was the sixth in descent from Philip King, of Raynham, Massachu- setts (1680). His father, David King (1796- 1836) (q. v.), was a distinguished physician, his mother, Ann, was the daughter of General George Gordon, of the Revolution. King went to Brown University, where he graduated sal- utatorian in 1831 ; he received his M. D. at Jefferson Medical College in 1834. For three years he successfully competed for the Fiske prizes of Rhode Island ; his essays, published in Boston, were : "Purpura Haemorrhagica" (1836); "Cholera Infantum" (1837); "Erysi- pelas" 1839). Four years at intervals were spent in Europe. King was a noted bibliophile, and like his friend, Dr. Toner (q. v.), of Washingtoi^ pos- sessed a large library rich in professional literature, besides works and manuscripts per- taining to the history of the American Col- onies, and valuable editions relating to juris- prudence, politics and government; the study of these was his recreation. "From special sources in England and elsewhere he pro- cured documentary evidences and copies of state manuscripts relative to the early found- ers of Rhode Island, previously unknown to historians." The catalogue of his library, published in New York in 1884, numbered 2,^2 pages. He was one of the founders of the Amer- ican Medical Association, 1847; president of the Rhode Island Medical Society, 1848-9; president of the state board of health, 1877-82, and was the author of "Historical Sketch of Redwood Library," 1860. and of "Historical Sketch of the Island Cemetery Company at Newport," 1872. In 1837 he married Sarah Gibbs, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Wheaton, of Newport, who, with three sons and four daughters, sur- vived him. King died March 7, 1882, at Newport. Trans. Amer. Med. Asso., H. R. Storer. 1882, vol. xxxiii. 579-582. Hist. Cat. Brown Univ., 1764-1904. King, John (1813-1893) John King, pioneer eclectic and pharmacolo- gist, was born January 1, 1813, in New York, son of Harman King and Marguerite A. La Porte, daughter of the Marquis de La Porte who came to America with Lafayette to fight in the American Revolution. In youth he wished to study medicine, but was opposed by his father and was put to learn engraving; but as this affected his health, he was allowed to study medicine with Wooster Beach (q. v.) ; he graduated at Wooster Beach's medical school in New York. In 1835 he lectured at the Mechanics In- stitute, New York, on magnetism, its rela- tions to the earth, geology, astronomy and physiology-. In 1836 he issued a copy of the Medico-Botanic Advocate, intended to promul- gate the Ameriacn Reformed System of Med- ical and Surgical Practice ; although ten thou- sand copies were circulated the enterprise ended there. In 1840 he settled in Cincinnati and in 1849 went to Memphis, Tennessee, as professor of materia medica, therapeutics and medical jur- isprudence in Memphis Lhiiversity, resigning to accept the chair of obstetrics and dis- eases of women and children in the Eclectic »Iedical Institute of Cincinnati, a position he held until near the close of his life. He discovered podophyllin (resin of podo- phyllum), macrotin (resin of cimicifuga), iri- sin (from iris versicolor) ; he introduced, also, hydrastis and sanguinaria. He invented a pel- vimeter, a spraying instrument, and a double catheter. His chief work was the "American Eclec- tic Dispensatory," the third edition of which appeared in 1856; other writings include "American Eclectic Obstetrics" (18.S5) ; "Wo- man ; Her Diseases and Their Treatment" 1858) ; the "Microscopist's Companion" (1859); the "American Family Physician" (1860) ; and his book on "Chronic Diseases." In 1833 he married Charlotte L., daughter of Russell Armington, of Lansingburg; they had eight children; she died in 1847. In 1853 he married Phebe A., widow of Stephen H. Piatt and daughter of John S. Rodman of Penn Yan, New York. In 1891 King was made ill by gas enter- ing his apartment from a nearby building where it was manufactured; he never fully recovered, and died June 19, 1893, at his home in North Bend, Ohio. A granite monument erected in his memory marks the place where he lies in the cemetery of that town. Daniel Drake and His Followers, O. Juettner, 1909. Eclectic Med. Jour., A. J. Howe, 1891, vol. li, 249- 257. Trans. Nat. Eclectic Asso., 1893, vol. xxi, 34-43. Portrait. Kinloch, Robert Alexander (1826-1891) Robert Alexander Kinloch, surgeon, was born at Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb- ruary 20, 1826. In 1845 he graduated with distinction from Charleston College. Three years later he took his M. D. from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, after which two years were spent in the hospitals of Paris, London