Sir John, an eminent physician and philosopher, philosopher, was a younger son of Sir John Pringle of Stitchel, in the shire of Roxburgh, Baronet; took the degree of M.D. at Leyden, 1730; and published there "Dissolution of the Bones," ib. p. 297. 4. "Account of the Earthquake felt at Bruffels," vol. xlix. p. 546.

5. "Account of the sinking of a River near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire," ib. p. 547. 6. "Account of an Earthquake felt Feb. 18, 1756, along the coast of England, between Margate and Dover," ib. p. 579.

7. "Account of the Earthquake felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton; also of a Shower of Dust falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland," ib. p. 599. 8. "Several Accounts of the Fiery Meteor which appeared on Sunday, November 26, 1753, between eight and nine at night, vol. i. p. 218. 9. "Account of the Virtues of Soap in dissolving the Stone, in the Cafe of the Reverend Mr Matthew Simon," ib. p. 221. 10. "Account of the effects of Electricity on Paralytic Cates," ib. 481. And see a letter to him on that subject from Professor Winthorp. "Some Account of the Success of the Vitrum Ceratum Antimonii," was printed in the Edinburgh Medical Essays, vol. v.