Thomas Dutton

Thomas Dutton LRCS (1854 – November 1935) was a British dietitian and physician. Biography Dutton obtained his MB and MD from Durham University. He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dutton was a consultant at Harley Street and specialized in dietetics. He was honorary surgeon to the Royal Defence Corps and former vice-chairman of the Pure Food Society. He authored many medical works which were positively reviewed. In 1892, his book Indigestion: Clearly Explained, Treated, And Dieted was described by a reviewer in The British Medical Journal "as a very useful little book, full of sound good sense and wise saws". Dutton was an advocate of heliotherapy as treatment for phthisis, tuberculous and typhoid fever. Dutton practised in Whitechapel at the time of the Whitechapel murders. He had his own theories about Jack the Ripper. In his later years Dutton lived as a recluse. The rooms in which he lived were said to be covered in cobwebs. He died age 78 of heart disease at his home in Uxbridge Road. Dutton is reported to have died in poverty. Dieting