| Description Of Item | He jokes that he is ill with 'graphophobia' but his friend Captain Sanderson going to 'Auld Reekie' has encouraged him to write. He has been appointed a Presidency Surgeon and surgeon to the [H C?] marine. He was previously senior surgeon to the artillery and two of his assistants, Dr Tod and Dr James Johnstone were Abercrombie's students. He has been collecting cases of the local methods of treatment of diseases and dissections for possible publication. |