The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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James Hamilton ( - fl. c. 1700)

Surgeon and member of the Edinburgh Society of Apothecaries (Stearns, 270) Relevant locations: Lived at or near Edinburgh, Midlothian
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - James Petiver: promoter of natural science, c.1663–1718.
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 13. From Mr. JAMES HAMILTON, Surgeon in Edinburgh, I have received several Curiosities.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 10. Muscus Scoticus Corallio incrustatus. Got in afresh River near Clacmannan on Forth within a few Miles of Stirling; procur'd me thence by my Curious and Worthy Friend Mr. James Hamilton Surgeon in Edinburgh.