Date of birth: February 1777
Date of death: December 1826
Lecturer on Surgery at Edinburgh; conjointly, for some time, with John Lizars.
Author of:
A probationary surgical essay on observations on the anatomical structure, physiology, and pathology of the mamma. 1809
A treatise on the operation of lithotomy. In which are demonstrated, the dangers of operating with the gorget, and the superiority of the more simple operation with the knife and staff. 1808
