Sir John Floyer

Studium medicinae: Queen's College and the collections of Sir John Floyer
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Sir John Floyer (1649-1734), Physician of Lichfield

One of these was by Sir John Floyer (1649 1734), a physician of Lichfield, who, struck by the remedial use of certain springs by the neighboring peasantry, investigated the history of cold bathing, and published in 1702 his IvxpoXovoLa, or the History of Cold Bathing, both Ancient and Modern.

One of these was by Sir John Floyer (1649 - 1734), a physician of Lichfield, who, struck by the remedial use of certain springs by the neighboring peasantry, investigated the history of cold baths, and published in 1702 his book The History of Cold Bathing, both Ancient and Modern.

Sir John Floyer, M.D.
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John Floyer was the third child and second son of Elizabeth Babington and Richard Floyer, of Hints Hall.
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John Floyer as a younger son was obliged to choose a profession, and at the age of 15 he matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, to read medicine.Before this one presumes that he was privately tutored; he is not mentioned in the list of scholars of Lichfield Grammar School.He graduated B.A. in 1668, MB. in 1674, and M.D. in 1686.This long university training would, of course, have consisted in reading the classics, memorizing the aphorisms of Hippocrates, attending lectures and a few dissections, and writing theses and defending them in disputations.

Floyer returned to Lichfield in about 1680, and soon became a very prominent member of the community.In 1686 he was elected a justice of the peace for life; later he was elected bailiff.

The circumstances of his knighthood are shrouded in uncertainty.He was probably knighted by James II, in whose political intrigues he is usually presumed to have participated.Since he was only on the threshold of his medical career, the honour of knighthood is thought to have been conferred for political rather than medical activities.
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But if Floyer was concerned in the intrigues of the time, his local reputation does not seem to have suffered in any way.

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