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Biography  of  Dr.  Churchill. 
Dr.  Fleetwood  Churchill  was  born  in  Nottingham  in  1808  and 
studied  medicine  at  Edinburgh.  He  received  his  M.D.  degree  in 
1 83 1  and  then  took  a  postgraduate  course  in  gynaecology  in  Dublin. 
He  finally  settled  in  that  city  and  acquired  a  very  large  practice  in 
this  branch  of  medicine.  He  was  elected  professor  of  gynaecology 
in  the  School  of  Physicians.  He  was  president  of  the  Dublin  Ob- 
stetrical Society  and  also  of  the  King's  and  Queen's  College  of 
Physicians.  In  185 1  the  University  of  Dublin  conferred  the  title  of 
Doctor  "  Honoris  Causa  "  upon  him. 
Dr.  Churchill  wrote  text-books  on  "  Diseases  of  Women,"  "  Dis- 
eases of  Pregnancy,"  on  "Childbirth"  and  in  1841  published  a 
book  on  "  Researches  on  Operative  Midwifery."  He  also  trans- 
lated very  many  valuable  papers  for  the  Sydenham  Society.  His 
numerous  works  were  published  in  American  editions  and  some 
were  even  translated  into  other  languages.  Besides  being  a  noted 
scientist  and  doctor,  Dr.  Churchill  was  diligent  in  all  sciences  col- 
lateral to  medicine.  He  was  a  great  lover  of  books  and  an  ardent 
supporter  of  foreign  missions.  He  also  was  a  member  of  the  Dublin 
Microscopical  Club.  Dr.  Churchhill  was  one  of  those  many-sided 
men,  who  was  never  afraid  of  being  thought  of  as  having  nothing 
to  do  or  to  be  neglecting  his  business  because  he  was  engaged  in  the 
works  of  philanthropy,  charity  or  religion.  He  brought  joy  into  the 
sick  room,  he  played  with  the  children  and  he  sympathized  with  the 
sorrows  of  those  who  came  into  contact  with  him.  Dr.  Churchill 
retired  in  1875  and  died  on  January  31,  1878,  in  Ardtrea  Rectory, 
County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland. 
Dr,  Fleetwood  Churchill  of  Dublin  is  not  to  be  confused  with 
Dr.  John  Francis  Churchill  of  Paris  who  advocated  the  use  of 
hypophosphites  against  tuberculosis. 
Formula  of  Churchill's  Tincture. 
Churchill's  tincture  of  iodine  first  began  to  be  used  in  this 
country  about  1886.  It  was  proposed  for  the  first  edition  of  the 
National  Formulary,  which  was  published  by  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  in  1888.  The  following  formula  was  published 
first  in  the  Preliminary  Draft  of  the  National  Formulary,  proposed 
by  committee  at  the  Providence,  R.  I.,  Convention,  in  Volume  34, 
