Of William Heberden (1710-1801) Dr. Wells, in a letter to Lord Kenyon, wrote, 'Dr. Heberden, my Lord, stands in a manner alone in his profession. No other person, I believe, either in this or any other country, has ever exercised the art of medicine with the same dignity or has contributed so much to raise it in the estimation of mankind'. Heberden's modesty, integrity and scholarship earned hi...