MacBride. David

David Macbride, a prominent surgeon of Dublin, was the next to contribute to the chemistry of gases. He published a work entitled Experimental Essays in 1764. Macbride was especially interested in the fermentation processes in the animal body. Knowing that fixed air was an important product of these fermentations, he was led to investigate fixed air. His book consists of five essays, two of which, On the nature and properties of fixed air, and On the dissolvent power of quicklime, contain his contribution to the knowledge of fixed air. 

David MacBride, Experimental Essays on Medical and Philosophical Subjects (London, 1767). 

David Macbride (Ballymoney (Antrim), 26 April 1726-Dublin, 18 or 28 December 1778), who had studied in Glasgow, became a naval surgeon, then studied with Hunter, and settled in Dublin in 1749, where he succeeded as a surgeon only after many years. He published five essays on chemical and medical researches ... 

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