Matthew Turner (physician)

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Matthew Turner (d. 1788), a Liverpool physician, is considered (for example by Berman, 1990) to be the author or co-author of the 1782 pamphlet, Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever, the first published work of avowed atheism in Britain. Turner was also a pioneer in the use of ether for medical purposes, and wrote a pamphlet on the subject. In a footnote, Turner was the man who introduced Josiah Wedgwood to Thomas Bentley in Liverpool, a friendship which led to the formation of the company that produced the famous pottery.TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TURNER IS FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

External links

• Works by Matthew Turner at Project Gutenberg

References

• Berman, David (1990). A History of Atheism in Britain: from Hobbes to Russell. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-04727-7 (first published 1988)

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