Francis Edmund Anstie

Born in Devizes, Wiltshire, on December 11, 1833, Francis Edmund Anstie became an English doctor, medical author, and journalist. He studied medicine at King's College London and built a career that combined hospital practice with energetic writing and editing.

Anstie is especially remembered as the founding editor of The Practitioner, a medical journal launched in 1868, and for his earlier editorial work with The Lancet. He also served as a physician at Westminster Hospital and wrote on subjects including stimulants, narcotics, and neuralgia, aiming to explain medical questions with clarity and practical sense.

Although he died relatively young, on September 12, 1874, Anstie left a lasting mark on medical debate and publishing. He remains notable for the idea later called "Anstie's limit," an early attempt to define a daily level of alcohol consumption thought to avoid harm.