John Fletcher Little

Irish physician and Liberal Party politician

John Fletcher Little

Born| 1843

County Tipperary

Died| 9 August 1914(1914-08-09) (aged 70–71)
Occupation| Physician

John Fletcher Little (1843 – 9 August 1914) was an Irish physician and Liberal Party politician.

Little was born in County Tipperary.[1] He studied in Dublin and took the L.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1866. He practiced medicine at Woolton.[1] Fletcher was influenced by Silas Weir Mitchell's physical methods of treatment such as massage and visited the United States.[1]

Little studied at Cambridge and Charing Cross Hospital.[1] He took the M.B. in 1888 and M.R.C.P. in 1899.[2] He worked as a physician at the London Temperance Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. He was medical officer for Harrow.[1] With Sir Jonathan Hutchinson he started the London post-graduate scheme which developed into the Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic.[2]

He was a liberal and contested Oxford in 1895.[1] Little was inspired by James Salisbury's diet treatment and reported in 1886 that he had spent six weeks living on a diet of lean meat and hot water which made him lose a stone in weight.[3]

Little had three sisters and five brothers. He was the brother of Reverend Robert Wentworth Little.[1] Little was a former member of the London County Council. It was estimated that his estate was worth £19,904 in 1914.[4]

## Selected publications

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* Medical Rubbing (British Medical Journal, 1882)
* The Carnivorous Diet (British Medical Journal, 1886)
* Prevention Of Cancer (British Medical Journal, 1912)
* The Value of Open Spaces in Great Cities (The Hospital, 1913)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "John Fletcher Little, M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P.Lond". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2806): 650–651\. 1914. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2806.650-a. PMC 2299837.650-651&rft.date=1914&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2299837#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:doi/10.1136/bmj.2.2806.650-a&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2299837&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:John+Fletcher+Little" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b "John Fletcher Little, M.B. Cantab., M.R.C.P. Lond, J.P." The Lancet. 2: 915. 1914.
3. ^ "The Carnivorous Diet in the Reduction of Fat". Gaillard's Medical Journal. 42 (2): 319. 1886.
4. ^ "India". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2805): 604. 1914. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2805.604. JSTOR 25311354. S2CID 220216013.