David Craigie

David Craigie FRSE (6 June 1793 – 17 May 1866) was a Scottish physician, known as a medical author.

Life Craigie was born in Leith, Edinburgh's harbour town, on 6 June 1793, and took his MD degree in the University of Edinburgh in 1816. In 1832 he became a Fellow of the Edinburgh College of Physicians. In the same year his address is listed as 39 Nicolson Street in the south side of Edinburgh.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1833 his proposer being Thomas Shortt.

After a period of failing health he died on 17 May 1866. He is buried in Old Newington Cemetery, now known as East Preston Street Cemetery in the south of the city.

Works In 1828 Craigie published Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy, of which a second edition appeared in 1848. He wrote Elements of Anatomy, General, Special, and Comparative, and in 1836 Elements of the Practice of Physic. He was also the author of Morbid Anatomy.

He assisted with John Thomson's Life of William Cullen, and published 30 papers on medical subjects.