David CraigieFRSE (6 June 1793 – 17 May 1866) was a Scottish physician, known as a medical author.
Craigie was born inLeith, Edinburgh's harbour town, on 6 June 1793,[1] and took hisMD degree in theUniversity of Edinburgh in 1816. In 1832 he became a Fellow of theEdinburgh College of Physicians. In the same year his address is listed as 39 Nicolson Street in the south side ofEdinburgh.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh in 1833 his proposer beingThomas Shortt.[1]
Craigie was physician to theEdinburgh Infirmary from 1833 to 1846, and was the founder, owner and editor of theEdinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal 1832 to 1855. He was President of theRoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1861 to 1863.[3]
After a period of failing health he died on 17 May 1866.[4] He is buried inNewington Cemetery in the south of the city.
In 1828 Craigie publishedElements of General and Pathological Anatomy, of which a second edition appeared in 1848. He wroteElements of Anatomy, General, Special, and Comparative, and in 1836Elements of the Practice of Physic. He was also the author ofMorbid Anatomy.
He assisted withJohn Thomson'sLife ofWilliam Cullen, and published 30 papers on medical subjects.[4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Craigie, David".Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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