Pringle, David (fl. 1662), surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh

Certificate of admission of David Pringle, formerly apprentice to James Borthwick, surgeon apothecary, as a surgeon apothecary of the Brotherhood of Apothecaries and Surgeon Apothecaries of Edinburgh, following a report on his sufficiency by Patrick Hepburne, apothecary, and Thomas Kincaid, surgeon apothecary. This is an early document in the history of the surgeon apothecary, the Incorporation of Surgeon Apothecaries having been founded at Edinburgh only in 1657. Cf. A W Patterson, 'Early pharmaceutical education in Edinburgh', Pharmaceutical Historian 1989, 19 no. 2: 6-8.

1 January 1662

1 volume 200 × 270 mm., 1 f.

Provenance untraced.

Database description transcribed from Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).