ABERCROMBY, DAVID, a 17th century Scottish physi cian. His Nova medicinae praxis was reprinted after his death in Paris (1740). His Tuta ac efficax luis venereae saepe absque mercurio ac semper absque salivatione mercuriali curando methodus (1684) was translated into French, Dutch and German. In his Discourse on Wit (1685) he expounds the Scottish philo sophy of common sense. The exact date of his death is unknown, but according to Haller he was alive early in the 18th century.