David Clerk
David Clerk - A Famous Scottish Doctor
David Clerk (1746-1768) David Clerk was the son of a doctor with whom he was later to work with in Edionburgh. He studied anatomy under Alexander Monro "primus" between 1742 and 1745, was admitted as a member of the Royal Medical Society in 1743, and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1746 with the degree of MD for a dissertation on rheumatism. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and in 1751 was one of the first two Physicians-in-Ordinary appointed to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; he held this post until his death in 1768.
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