| Authorised form of name | Douglas; James (1675 - 1742); physician |
| Dates | 1675 - 1742 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Baads, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 21 March 1675 |
| Place of death | Red Lion Square, London |
| Date of death | 02 April 1742 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Church of St Andrew, Holborn, London |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Natural history |
| Letters |
| Anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh; MA (1694); Rheims; MD (1699)
Career:
Settled in London (c1700); practised dissection and midwifery; Physician to the Queen; William Hunter (FRS 1767) became his pupil (1741); Douglas's manuscripts are now in the Hunterian Library of Glasgow University
Memberships:
Hon FRCP (1721)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/11/1706 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1714-1715, 1717-1718, 1720, 1724, 1726-1728
Lectures:
Croonian 1741 and 1742 |
| Relationships | Son of William Douglas of Baads, near Edinburgh, and his wife, Joan Mason; married Martha Wilkes; brother of Walter Douglas (FRS 1711), of John Douglas (FRS 1720) and of George Douglas (FRS 1733) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Thomas
Authority:
Birth date from DSB
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1742, p218
P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/62459314 |
| Royal Society code | NA5719 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| L&P/1/100 | Paper, 'A description of the human bladder' by William Douglas to Cromwell Mortimer | [1742] |
| RBO/13/33 | 'Some Account of the Spanish Scorpion' by Dr James Douglas | 1728 |
| LBO/18/118 | Copy letter from John Dobyns, Snow Hiull, to James Douglas | 2 February 1725/1726 |
| MS/390/116 | Bond of James Douglas to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 22 January 1706 |
| L&P/1/69 | Paper, 'Of certain muscles...and the Eustachian tube' by James Douglas | [1741] |
| CLP/22ii/27 | Paper, 'Treatise on the operation for bladder stones' by J D [James Douglas] | [1728] |
| CLP/22i/67 | Paper, Account of James Douglas' book 'De Aure Humana Tractatus... [A treaty concerning human ears...]' by A Valsalva | [1705] |
| CLP/10i/47 | Observations, 'Wild valerian' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas?] | [1722] |
| RBO/12/66 | 'Some Account of Doctor James Douglas's Osteologiae universalis pars prima' | 1725 |
| CLP/10ii/10 | Paper, 'A short account of the different kinds of ipecacuanha by Dr [James] Douglass [Douglas] | [1728] |
| CLP/11i/51 | Paper, 'Chimical analysis of the Cortex eleutheuria' by John Brown [Browne] | [1722] |
| CLP/10i/44 | Paper, 'The description of virtues and use of a certain bark called in French du chacuil and in Latin cortex elatherii done into English from the memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences: with some observations relating to its history and a comparison between it and the cortex thuris' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas] | 8 February 1722 |
| CLP/10ii/9 | Paper, 'An account of the culture and management of saffron in England' by Dr James Douglas | [1728] |
| CLP/10ii/1/2 | Plate, diagram of crocus autumnalis sativus by unknown artist | [1723] |
| CLP/12i/70 | Paper, 'The dissection of a gentleman who dyed of an ulcer in the right kidney' by J [James] Douglas | 24 January 1711 |
| CLP/10ii/1/1 | Manuscript, 'A botanical description of the flower and seed-vessel of the crocus autumnalis sativus, that produces the true English safron [saffron] of the shops: with a figure' by Dr James Douglas | [1723] |
| CLP/12ii/29 | Paper, 'Osteologiae universalis' by Ja [James] Douglas | 21 March 1726 |
| CLP/15ii/10 | Paper, 'Some account of the Spanish scorpion' by James Douglas | 1728 |
| CLP/12ii/22 | Paper, 'Of the membrana urinaria in a human placenta' by J D [James Douglas] | 10 February [1725?] |
| CLP/10ii/1 | Paper, 'A botanical description of the flower and seed-vessel of the crocus autumnalis sativus, that produces the true English safron [saffron] of the shops: with a figure' by Dr James Douglas | [1723] |
| CLP/10ii/4 | Paper, 'The change of the root in the crocus autumno vivens' by James Douglas | 25 March 1724 |
| CLP/22ii/58 | Paper, Account of John Douglas' book 'Mortifications, and of the surprising effect of the bark in putting a stop to their progress etc' by James Douglas | 18th century |
| RBO/11/100 | 'Botanical Description of the flower and Seed Vessel of the Plant call'd Crocus Autumnalis Sativus that produces the true English Saffron of the Shops with a Figure' by James Douglas | 1723 |