Sir John Simon Research Paper

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Sir John Simon Have you ever wondered how the world would be like if there wasn’t innovative people before our time? What would health care be like without the help of scientist and doctors who have gone before us? Sir John Simon was born in London on October 10th 1816, he was the sixth child out of fourteen. He was the son of Louis Michael Simon and Mathide Nonnet. Simon’s father was a shipbroker which brought the family some wealth. His father had served in the Committee of Stock Exchange from 1837-1868. When Simon was in grade school is, family had enough money to send him to excellent schools. During his adolescents, he attended Pentonville for seven and a half years. In 1833, Simon became an apprentice to Joseph Hennery Green, he was a surgeon at St. Thomas Hospital and a professor of surgery. This began his journey in healthcare and science. After his apprenticeship, Simon began to shadow Green, he attended his lectures and dissertations at Kings College. When he became 26 years of age he became a member of the Pathological Society in 1846, at which time he became heavily involve in studies pertaining to the …show more content…

John Simon was interested on a diverse range of studies, he ventured to seek out and prevent the cause of disease and death within the citizens. Simon then decided to become involved in something that he could use his knowledge in pathology for, he focused his interest in sanitary purposes. The reason that lead him to do this was because being a medical doctor and treating illness is a wonderful job, but being involved in the part that causes a healthier country that requires less procedures to be done is fantastic. This nowadays is called preventative health. Although sanitary jobs are not looked as highly respected as health care jobs, they prevent disease and illness which Simon was fascinated with the study

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