James Currie

Scottish physician (1756-1805) · Doctors · Died at 49

James Currie FRS was a Scottish physician, best known for his anthology and biography of Robert Burns and his medical reports on the use of water in the treatment of fever. A watercolour portrait by Horace Hone (1756-1825) is in the National Galleries of Scotland.

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