Honiton doctor's visionary hospital bed
Margaret Lewis Dr Jerrards flexible or revolvable bed - Credit: Honiton Museum Most people would have heard of Dr John Henry Frederick Jerrard, who left his estate to Honiton for a hospital, but little is known about his grandfather Dr John Clapcott Jerrard, who was a legend in his lifetime. John Clapcott Jerrard was born in Charmouth in 1793 and married the heiress Mary Frost in 1820. In addition to practising medicine from his High Street premises, John contributed to the political life of ...
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Source: midweekherald.co.uk