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Born, 1707; education: St Andrews; St Leonard's College, 1722; Edinburgh University, 1727; studied medicine in Leiden, graduating MD, 1730; completed his medical studies in Paris; medical practice in Edinburgh; joint Professor of Pneumatics (metaphysics) and Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh University; Physician to the Earl of Stair; Physician to the Army in Flanders, 1742; Physician-General to the Duke of Cumberland, 1744-1748; resigned his professorship in Edinburgh, 1744; settled in London and continued in medical practice, 1748; Physician-in-Ordinary to the Duke of Cumberland, 1749; Council member of the Royal Society, 1753; LRCP, 1758; FRCP, 1763; speciali gratia, Physician to the Queen, 1761; President of the Royal Society, 1772-1778; baronet, 1766; gazetted Physician-in-Ordinary to the king, 1774; died, 1782.
Publications:
Observations on the Nature and Cure of Hospital and Jayl Fevers (1750)
Observations on the Diseases of the Army (1752)