David Craigie

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(6 June 1793 – 17 May 1866) was a Scottish physician, known as a medical author.

Life

Craigie was born in

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, Edinburgh's harbour town, on 6 June 1793, and took his MD degree in the

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in 1816. In 1832 he became a Fellow of the

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. In the same year his address is listed as 39 Nicolson Street in the south side of

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1833 his proposer being Thomas Shortt. Craigie was physician to the Edinburgh Infirmary from 1833 to 1846, and was the founder, owner and editor of the ''Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal'' 1832 to 1855. He was President of the

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from 1861 to 1863. After a period of failing health he died on 17 May 1866. He is buried in Old Newington Cemetery, now known as East Preston Street Cemetery in the south of the city.

Works

In 1828 Craigie published ''Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy'', of which a second edition appeared in 1848. He wrote ''Elements of Anatomy, General, Special, and Comparative'', and in 1836 ''Elements of the Practice of Physic''. He was also the author of ''Morbid Anatomy''. He assisted with John Thomson's ''Life'' of

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, and published 30 papers on medical subjects.

References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Craigie, David 1793 births 1866 deaths Medical doctors from Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish medical doctors Scottish medical writers Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh