Archibald Pitcairne [SEP] date of birth
Archibald Pitcairne
Archibald Pitcairne or Pitcairn (25 December 165220 October 1713) was a Scottish physician.
Early life.
Pitcairne was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After obtaining some classical education at the school of Dalkeith, Pitcairne entered Edinburgh University in 1668, and took his degree of MA in 1671. Having been sent to France for the benefit of his health, he was induced at Paris to begin the study of medicine, and after courses at Edinburgh and Paris he obtained in 1680 the degree of MD at Reims
October 1694 Monteith petitioned the Town Council 'for a gift' to obtain anatomical subjects for dissection.He requested 'the bodies of those who die in the Correction House [prison] and foundlings who die upon the breast...' In return he offered to treat the poor of the town 'gratis' and this was accepted by the Council. He had the powerful support in this venture of Archibald Pitcairne, who had served as Professor of Physic at Leyden from 1692. Pitcairne wrote to a friend in 1694 'I doe