Alfred Markwick 1826 - 1891

Alfred Markwick 1826 - 1891 LRCP Edinburgh, MD 1843, FRCS 1859, RCS England, LSA London, was an orthodox physician, Surgeon to the West German Dispensary and Intern at the Veneral Hospital in Paris, who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Westbourne Homeopathic Dispensary, a Member of the London Branch of the Medical Council and a Physician at the London Homeopathic Hospital, a Member of the British Homeopathic Society,

Markwick was the inventor of the spongio piline,

Markwick’s wife was a Secretary for the Bazaar in Aid of the London Homeopathic Hospital held in 1866,

The spongio piline … a very ingenious contrivance… which may bo used either as a poultice or as a means of fomentation. It consists of wool and small particles of sponge, apparently felted together, and attached to a skin of India-rubber.

It is about half an inch in thickness. It will be found of great value and convenience for either of the purposes referred to. It retains heat for a considerable time, and vinegar, laudanum, camphor, hartshorn, etc., can be, by its means, placed on the skin, accompanied by heat and moisture, much more readily, and with greater cleanliness, than by means of ordinary poultices.

Markwick resigned from the Monthly Homeopathic Review in 1870 due to ill health,

Alfred Markwick practiced at 1 Leinster Square, London, and at 19 Langham Place,

Alfred Markwick submitted cases and articles to various homeopathic publications, and articles in _The Lancet_, _and he wrote  _A Case of Dysentry caused by large doses of iron_, _Mode of using the spongio piline_, _Hospital Cases_, _An essay on diabetes_, _Blood and Urine_, _A guide to the examination of the urine in health and disease_, _A description of the structure and functions of the human skin: to which are added, some practical remarks on the uses and application of the impermeable spongio piline and impermeable piline_, _A few remarks on the uses and mode of applying the new epithems lately invented to supersede poultices and fomentation cloths_, _Specification of Alfred Markwick: manufacture of epithems for medical and surgical purposes_,_ Substitute for Poultices, Impermeable Piline, Additional Remarks on Professor Seutin’s Starch Bandage, and he translated A few Remarks on Phthisis, Practical Remarks on the Employment of Iodine,