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Dates 1700-1742
Location London
Vocation Physician; man-midwife
Place of Birth West Calder
Marriage Unnamed wife; Martha Wilkes
Issue Israel James; William George; unnamed daughter
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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).