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Oil on canvas, 122 x 86.4 cm

Born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, in 1828 John Brown was apprenticed to Mr Syme, FRCS, who taught surgery in the Extra-Mural School. He graduated MD in 1833 and started general practice in Edinburgh.

In 1847 he became…

Oil on canvas, 75 x 62 cm

John Burt was one of an Edinburgh medical dynasty. He was educated at the High School and Edinburgh University and while travelling on the Continent graduated with a MD at the University of Giessen in 1826.

His…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

Born in Edinburgh, James Carmichael was the son of William Carmichael, MD, FRCS. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution. He was one of the last of those who graduated with a MD immediately on completion of the…

Oil on canvas, 75 x 116 cm

John Cash graduated from Edinburgh University in 1961 following his schooling at Ashville College, Harrogate. In 1969 he was awarded a World Health Organization Travelling Scholarship to the United States and shortly…

Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 104 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Robert Christison (1797–1882) was educated at Edinburgh's High School and University. He matriculated as a medical student in 1815 and joined the class of Alexander Monro, tertius, graduating…

Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 74.7 cm

Christopher Clayson was born in 1903 and educated in Derbyshire and George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He obtained an MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1926 and an MD (Gold Medal) in 1936. He was made a member of the Royal…

Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 66 cm

Born in Orkney and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Thomas Smith Clouston (1840–1915) studied medicine at Edinburgh where he came under the influence of Goodsir, Syme, [James Young] Simpson and Laycock. Laycock…

Oil on canvas, 71 x 78.7 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Andrew Combe was the son of George Combe, a brewer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and attended classes in Latin and Greek at Edinburgh University.

At the age of 15 he commenced…

Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm

No one made a greater contribution to the control of tuberculosis than John Wenman Crofton (1912–2009). His early post-war work at the Postgraduate Medical School, London and the Brompton Hospital with the Medical…

Oil on canvas, 95 x 79 cm

John Croom had an impressive Edinburgh medical pedigree. His grandfather (also Sir John Halliday Croom) was professor of midwifery in the University of Edinburgh and his father, Dr David Halliday Croom, was a respected…