The Harveian Society of Edinburgh was founded in April 1782 by Andrew Duncan. The society holds an annual festival in honour of the life and works of William Harvey, the physician who first correctly
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Sigill of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
Nathaniel Spens
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Nathaniel Spens was a Scottish medical doctor who qualified as Fellow of the Incorporation of Surgeons and then became increasingly interested in the practice of physic. He qualified as a Fellow of th
Harveian Society of Edinburgh
…Benjamin Bell, Charles Webster, Mr. Alexander Wood, Mr. Andrew Wood, Thomas Hay, Mr Colin Lauder, Mr. William Anderson, William Inglis, James Gibson, Dr. Nathaniel Spens, Andrew Wardrop, Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Thomas Wood, Dr. Daniel Rutherford, Dr. Alexander Monro "Secundus", William Chalmer, and Dr. Robert Walker…
Dr Nathaniel Spens (1728 -1815) in the uniform of the Royal Company of Archers. 1793. Reproduction of the original painting by Sir Henry Raeburn.