, a surgeon of the sixteenth century,
was born in Scotland. In a work entitled “A Discourse
on the whole Art of Chirurgery,
” published at Glasgow in
1612, he acquaints his readers, that he had practised
twenty- two years in France and Flanders; that he had
been two years surgeon- major to the Spanish regiment at
Paris and had then followed his master, the king of
France (Henry IV.) six years in his wars. In the titlepage of his book, he calls himself doctor in the faculty of
surgery at Paris, and ordinary surgeon to the king of
France and Navarre. It does not appear how long he had
resided at Glasgow; but he mentions that, fourteen years
before the publication of his book, he had complained of
the ignorant persons who intruded into the practice of
surgery, and that in consequence the king (of Scotland)
granted him a privilege, under his privy seal, of examining all practitioners in surgery in the western parts of
Scotland. He refers to a former work of his own, entitled
“The Poor Man’s Guide,
” and speaks of an intended publication concerning the diseases of women. He died in
1612. The “Discourse on Chirurgery
” appears to have
been in esteem, as it reached a fourth edition in 1654,
but it is founded more on authority than observation.
Ames mentions another work of his with the title “An
easy, certain, and perfect method to cure and prevent the
Spanish Sickness; by Peter Lowe, doctor in the Facultie of
Chirurgerie at Paris, chirurgeon to Henry IV
” London,
1596, 4to.