James Douglas (medic)
James Douglas (born March 21, 1675 in Badds, West Calder near Edinburgh , † April 2, 1742 in London) was an anatomist , surgeon and obstetrician . He was the personal physician of the Queen of England .
Live and act
Douglas was a son of William Douglas of Baads, the most influential landowner in the area, and Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park from Blantyre. He was the third of twelve children and one of seven sons. One brother was Walter Douglas (1670-1739), another John Douglas († 1759).
Douglas completed his master's degree in Edinburgh , which he graduated in 1694. On March 28 of the same year he went to Holland, including Utrecht , where he presumably studied medicine, but his degree came from Reims , where he received his doctorate in July 1699. He returned to London in 1700, opened a practice and was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1706 . One of his students was William Hunter .
He published numerous anatomical studies and descriptions. In anatomy , the rectouterine excavation is still named after him today ( Douglas space ).
Web links
- H. Brock: James Douglas of the Pouch. In: Medical history. Volume 18, Number 2, April 1974, pp. 162-172, PMID 4606702 , PMC 1081542 (free full text).
- Papers and drawings of James Douglas in the Glasgow University Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Douglas, James. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 322.
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| SURNAME | Douglas, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British anatomist and surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1675 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Badds, West Calder near Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1742 |
| Place of death | London |