Editing John Abercrombie (physician) (section)

== Honours and awards ==
He was President of the [[Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society]] for four years from 1829. In 1831 he was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]], his proposer being [[Thomas Charles Hope]], and served as Vice-President of the Society from 1835 to 1844.<ref name="RSEd bio">{{cite web|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=29 November 2014|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The University of Oxford awarded him the honorary degree of MD (Oxon). This was a rare honour as the only other recipient in the previous 50 years was [[Edward Jenner]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Baxter|first=Patricia|date=1992|title=A beloved physician; John Abercrombie MD, FRCSE, FRCPE, 1780–1844|journal=Scottish Medical Journal|volume=37|issue=4|pages=119–121|doi=10.1177/003693309203700409|pmid=1411482}}</ref> He was elected Lord Rector of Marischal College and University, Aberdeen. He became a member of the French [[Académie Nationale de Médecine]].<ref name=":0" />