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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Template2 |Dates=1700-1742 |Location=London |Vocation=Physician; man-midwife |Place of Birth=West Calder |Marriage=Unnamed wife; Martha Wilkes |Issue=Israel James; William G...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Template2<br /> |Dates=1700-1742<br /> |Location=London<br /> |Vocation=Physician; man-midwife<br /> |Place of Birth=West Calder<br /> |Marriage=Unnamed wife; Martha Wilkes<br /> |Issue=Israel James; William George; unnamed daughter<br /> |Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br /> }}<br /> Educated at Edinburgh, Utrecht, Paris and Rheims. Moved to London, and became associated with the Paul Chamberlen's midwifery practice (1700). Began teaching anatomy (1706). Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1706). Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1721). Attended George II's daughter, Princess Anne, during a suspected pregnancy (1734). Published several books and scientific papers, dealing with medicine, botany and zoology, but particularly anatomy, but is known principally for his 'A Description of the Peritoneum' (1730).</div>

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