1. Munk , William . 1878. The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, second edition Vol. I, 517–517. London Munk's information came from the Annals of the Royal College of Physicians.
2. ‘Colbatch, Sir John (d. 1729), physician, a native of Worcester, where he practised for some years as an apothecary, was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians on 22 Dec. 1696, was knighted by George I on 5 June 1716, and died on 15 January 1728/9. His books are ridiculed in Garth's “Dispensary”, canto v. He published: … [nine books]. His earlier tracts called forth “Examination of John Colbatch, his books”, by
Boulton Richard Dictionary of National Biography London 1887 XI 252 252 1699' (hereafter DNB). This entry, quite unusually, is unsigned.
3. Munk , William . 1878. The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, second edition Vol. I, 517–518. London quotes from Samuel Garth'sDispensary(1699), canto v (see below, p. 501), to prove his point. Munk also lists nine of Colbatch's books, the same ones later mentioned by theDNB.