British physician and pioneer in the medical use of X-rays in the United Kingdom.
John Kemp Starley
Inventor of the safety bicycle and founder of what became known as the Rover car manufacturing company.
John Taylor (oculist)
Early 18th-century English eye surgeon and medical charlatan.
Kellas cat
A Kellas cat is a black Scottish feline, initially considered to be a myth or a hoax.
King’s Evil
Name given in medieval times to scrofula, a swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck caused by tuberculosis.
Manchester Terrier
The Manchester Terrier is a breed of dog of the smooth-haired terrier type.
Mandrake
One of 2500 species of plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Its psychoactive effects have been known to physicians since ancient times.
Mary Roberts
English natural history author (1788–1864).
Mathematical fallacy
Series of steps which is seemingly correct but contains a flawed argument, or a spurious proof of an obvious contradiction such as that 1 = 2. Fallacies differ from simple mistakes in that there is an element of concealment in the presentation of the proof.
Miliary fever
Outdated medical term for any infection characterised by a seed-like rash.