John Brisbane (d. 1776 ?) was a Scottish

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. Brisbane graduated M.D. at

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in 1750, and was admitted licentiate of the

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in 1766. He held the post of physician to the

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from 1758 till 1773, when he was superseded for being absent without leave. His name disappears from the college list in 1776. He was the author of 'Select Cases in the Practice of Medicine,' 8vo, 1762, and 'Anatomy of Painting, with an Introduction giving a short View of Picturesque Anatomy,' fol. 1769. This work contains the six Tables of Albinus, the Anatomy of Celsus, with notes, and the Physiology of Cicero.

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Year of birth missing 1776 deaths 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Alumni of the University of Edinburgh {{Scotland-med-bio-stub