British ophthalmologist, born in 1803, Norwich; May 2, 1852, died in London. John Dalrymple is the eldest son of Norwich's famous surgeon, William Dalrymple (1772-1847). He accepted his father's first medical education before entering the University of Edinburgh and graduated in medicine in 1827. Dalrymple contributed to the ophthalmology literature in two large works published in 1834 and 1852. John Dalrymple played an important role in discovering the albumin now known as the Bence Jones protein. See Henry Bence Jones, British physician and chemist, 1813-1873. Signs of Dalrymple: Hyperthyroidism (Barcelone's disease) when the eyelids widen or the eyelids, resulting in an abnormal width of the cleft palate.