William Cumberland Cruikshank
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Born1745 
Died27 June 1800 (aged 54–55)
(aged 54–55)William Cumberland Cruikshank | |
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| Born | 1745 |
| Died | 27 June 1800 (aged 54–55) |
William Cumberland Cruikshank (1745 in Edinburgh – 27 June 1800) was a British physician and anatomist. He was the author of The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body, which was first published in 1786.[1][2]
He went to London in 1771 and became assistant to William Hunter in his anatomical work.[1] In 1797, he was the first to demonstrate that a particular crystallizable substance exists in the urine and is precipitated from it by nitric acid.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1797.[4]
