Parry, Caleb Hillier (1755–1822)

British physician. After studying medicine at Edinburgh University, where he gained his MD in 1778, he settled in practice in Bath, England. He was for many years physician to Bath General Hospital. He is credited with giving the first clear account of exophthalmic goitre (sometimes called Parry's disease), describing eight cases, the first in 1786. He was the first to record facial hemiatrophy. Both these contributions to medicine are recorded in Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings of C H Parry (1825). Parry also gave one of the earliest accounts of angina pectoris in 1788. He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.