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A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Phosphorus, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, was apprenticed to a homeopathic chemist called Edwin Wheeler and within a few years bought Mr Wheeler’s…

Powdered Peruvian Bark (Cinchona), labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Pul C: Peruvia’.

When mixed with milk, water or wine, powdered Peruvian bark created a drink which relieved pain and fevers. This will have been…

Oil on canvas, 111.7 x 88.9 cm

William Ziegler, the son of Alexander Ziegler, graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1849, and a FRCPEd in 1861. He assisted his father in his general and obstetric practice.

He was a physician to the Royal…

Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm

Born in Peterhead, William Seller (1798–1869) was the son of a merchant who died at an early age. His mother, with her three children, came to Edinburgh where Seller was educated at the High School.

At…

Oil on panel, 73.6 x 60.9 cm

William Harvey (1578–1657) was born in Folkestone, Kent. From the Grammar School in Canterbury he was admitted as a pensioner to Caius College, Cambridge in 1593.

He travelled in France, Germany and Italy. At…

Oil on canvas, 83.8 x 71 cm

William Cullen (1710–1790) was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and educated at Grammar School and Glasgow College before being apprenticed to Mr Nisbet, a surgeon apothecary. At the age of 19 he became a surgeon on a…

Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 116.8 cm

Born at Dreghorn in Ayrshire where his father was parish minister, William Allan Jamieson was educated at Irvine Academy. After attending arts classes at Glasgow University he emigrated to Queensland, Australia,…

Artist: Ian Hughes (1958–2014)

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, 127 x 91.4 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Thomas Grainger Stewart (1837–1900) was educated at Edinburgh's High School and obtained a MD from Edinburgh University in 1858. He carried out postgraduate study in Berlin, Prague and Vienna,…