City’s transformation from the sleepy village of Brighthelmstone to England’s “centre of fame and fashion” is due to the scientific efforts of one man and the whimsical imagination of another. In 1750, Dr. Richard Russel wrote a Latin treatise on the merits of drinking and bathing in sea water for the treatment of glandular disease. Until that time, bathing in the sea had been considered nearly suicidal. The treatment received universal acclaim, and this seaside town began to prosper. In 1783, the Prince of Wales (later George IV) visited Brighton, adopted it as his own, and arranged construction of the Royal Pavilion from 1810 to 1815.