Robert Whytt was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tubercular meningitis, urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is remembered now most for his book on diseases of the nervous system. He served as President of the Royal... Wikipedia
Born: September 6, 1714, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: 1766 (age 52 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Children: John Whyte-Melville and Jean Whytt
Grandchildren: Lewis Balfour, James Balfour, 4th of Pilrig, Robert Whyte-Melville, and more
Parents: Jean Murray and Robert Whytt
Partner: Louisa Balfour (1743–) and Helen Robertson