Birth 2 Dec 1805 in Morley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Brompton Cemetery - c. js on www.findagrave.com
Death 24 Dec 1872 in Essex, Greater London, United Kingdom
From the Science Museum - documented in Aneasthesia News - August 2003 http://www.aagbi.org/index.htm Patent applied for -
mentioned in in Journal of Iron and Steel, vol 46 p118 1847 -
living at 3 Finsbury Place, Finsbury Sq.
(Startin Pneumatic Inhaler - invented in 1840s - now in the Science Museum)
who started a famous skin hospital, treated Charles Darwin's eczema and lived at 3 Savile Row - later made famous by the Beatles who had their Apple Studio there and where they did their last ever performance from the roof.
The above image shows the only second inhaler to survive. Now purchased by t AAGBI Collection – an article and picture appeared in Anaesthesia News in July 2010.
James Startin, the doctor from Savile Row who died in 1872 endorsed Pears Soap - (BMJ 4 JUNE 1960)
Pears soap carried the testimonial of three prominent dermatologists-Erasmus Wilson, James Startin, and John Milton, the founder of
