unknowns. He even went on to suggest that much medicine of the day relied on the placebo effect. Death Haygarth died at Lambridge House near Bath on 10 June 1827, and was buried at Swainswick church in Somerset. A ward at the Chester Infirmary was named after him and a Haygarth medal was established for the best nurse in the hospital. See also Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism Notes 1740 births 1827 deaths People from Sedbergh Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 18th-century English medical doctors Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Sedbergh School