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.
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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.