George Motherby

George Motherby M.D. (baptised 1731 – 1793) was an English physician and medical writer.^[1] He is noted for the early definition of the medical term placebo in the 1785 edition of his medical dictionary.^[2]

^ Baigent, Elizabeth. "Motherby, George (bap. 1731, d. 1793)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19418. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Shapiro, Arthur K.; Shapiro, Elaine (17 October 2000). The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician. JHU Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8018-6675-3.

[ODNB-1] Baigent, Elizabeth. "Motherby, George (bap. 1731, d. 1793)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19418. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[2] Shapiro, Arthur K.; Shapiro, Elaine (17 October 2000). The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician. JHU Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8018-6675-3.

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