Arthur Salusbury MacNalty

Who was Arthur Salusbury MacNalty?

Arthur Salusbury MacNalty KCB MRCS FRCP FRCS was the 8th Chief Medical Officer. A pioneer in the modern discipline of Public health and in the specialty of Preventive medicine, MacNalty was also among the earliest public health authorities, if not the earliest such authority, to publicly warn against the serious medical dangers of fad dieting, or, as it was then known “slimming”, and Anti-obesity medications. MacNalty was also a prolific author of acclaimed and still relevant medical and other histories. He is the author of a total 96 books in the fields of medicine and / or history in 154 publications in 3 languages and which are held in at least 2700 known library collections.