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Andrew Plummer
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 3 November 1724
Andrew Plummer received his medical degree from the University of Leiden on 23 July 1722. He served as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1726 to 1755. Plummer developed theories of attractive and repulsive forces later refined by William Cullen and Joseph Black. He created 'Plummer's pills', a compound of calomel, antimony sulphide, and guaiacum used to treat psoriasis and later syphilis. He was licensed to practise on 25 February 1724 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 3 November that same year. Plummer was also a member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society and served on the committee managing the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Year of medical qualification
23 July 1722
Date of Licence
25 February 1724
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.