Background
He was born at Kidderminster, where his father was a carpet manufacturer.
He was born at Kidderminster, where his father was a carpet manufacturer.
King"s College London.
After education at private schools and as apprentice to a Kidderminster surgeon he matriculated at London University in 1843, and began medical studies at King"s College, London. in 1848. After holding some minor appointments at his own medical school he was elected lecturer on forensic medicine at Saint Thomas"s Hospital. He early acquired a considerable practic, became physician to Saint Thomas"s Hospital, and in addition to his other lectureship was made lecturer on physiology there.
Intestinal obstruction and diseases of the alimentary canal in general were subjects to which he had paid special attention, and on which he was often consulted.
His Croonian lectures at the College of Physicians in 1859 were on intestinal obstruction. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1864.
Two papers by him appear in "Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers" (series ii volume i) In 1863 Brinton had symptoms of renal disease, and he died on 17 January 1867.
Royal Society]
In 1849 he became a member of the College of Physicians, and in 1854 a fellowship His vacations were often spent in the Tyrol, where he was an active member of the Alpine Club.