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James Robertson
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 27 September 1694
James Robertson was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh by examination on 27 September 1694.
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David Dicksone
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 8 October 1694
David Dicksone received his medical degree from the University of Harderwijk on 21 February 1690. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 8 October 1694. Dicksone was one of several physicians appointed to a committee tasked with revising the 'Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia' in March 1697. On 5 July 1697 he presented a recipe for epileptic water, which the College considered. In 1709 Dicksone was appointed to a committee dedicated to better regulating the practice of medicine, and in 1721 he again assisted in revising the Pharmacopoeia.
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George Stirling
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 16 October 1694
George Stirling was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh by examination on 16 October 1694.
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John Smelholme
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 23 October 1694
John Smelholme was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh by examination on 23 October 1694. On 30 November 1704 he was appointed Treasurer of the College. During his career, Smelholme also served as a physician to the Dispensary for the Sick Poor in Edinburgh.
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George Hepburn
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 15 November 1694
George Hepburn received his medical degree from the University of Leiden in 1648. He was admitted as a Fellow of the College on 15 November 1694. The publication of the leaflet 'Apollo Mathematicus' by Edward Eizat prompted rapid retaliation from Hepburn, who was a supporter of Pitcairne. His response took the form of a pamphlet entitled 'Tarrugo Unmasked', published in 1695.
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Robert Carmichael
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 3 December 1694
Robert Carmichael received his medical degree from the University of Leiden on 1 July 1694. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 3 December 1694. In 1695 he was admitted socius to the College, one of nine Fellows during a period of twenty-one months.
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David Mitchell
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 14 September 1695
David Mitchell was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 14 September 1695. Mitchell served as a Censor of the College and was a member of the committee tasked with revising the 'Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia' in May 1709. On 23 September 1707 he delivered a discourse before the College on dysentery.
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Edward Eizat
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 14 September 1695
Edward Eizat was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 14 September 1695. Eizat served on the committee appointed to revise the 'Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia' in March 1697, and the revised edition was ordered to be printed on 24 March 1699. He was appointed the King's Second Physician in Scotland on 31 March 1704 and resigned in August 1717. His publications include 'Apollo Mathematicus' (1695) and 'Melius Inquirendum' (1699).
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William Blakader
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 16 September 1695
William Blakader received his medical degree from the University of Leiden on 24 August 1680. On 16 September 1695, at a meeting of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Blakader was licensed and admitted socius as a Fellow. He was also a member of the committee tasked with revising the 'Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia' in March 1697.
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Gilbert Rule
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 2 October 1695
The Reverend Dr Gilbert Rule was a Presbyterian minister who became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1695. He received his licence to practise that same year. In 1711 he was elected Physician to Heriot's Hospital, succeeding Dr George Mackenzie. Rule also worked to increase subscriptions at the College, and with two other fellows approached the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to that end.