See also:JOHN See also:ABERCROMBIE (178o-1844)
, Scottish physician, was the son of the Rev
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See also:George See also:Abercrombie of See also:Aberdeen, where he was See also:born on the loth of See also:October 1780
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He was educated at the university of See also:Edinburgh, and after graduating as M.D. in 1803 he settled down to practise in that See also:city, where he soon attained a leading position
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From 1816 he published various papers in the
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Edinburgh Medical and Surgical See also:Journal, which formed the basis of his Pathological and See also:Practical Re-searches on Diseases of the See also:Brain and See also:Spinal See also:Cord, and of his Researches on the Diseases of the Intestinal See also:Canal, See also:Liver and other Viscera of the See also:Abdomen, both published in 1828
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He also found See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time for philosophical speculations, and in 183o he published his Inquiries concerning the Intellectual See also:Powers of See also:Man and the Investigation of Truth, which was followed in 1833 by a sequel, The See also:Philosophy of the Moral Feelings
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Both See also:works, though showing little originality of thought, achieved wide popularity
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He died at Edinburgh on the 14th of See also:November 1844
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