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Alexander Ziegler

Fellow

Date of Fellowship admission: 1/November/1853

Alexander Ziegler was a general practitioner and obstetrician practising at 30 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1816 and assisted James Young Simpson in 1847 during one of the earliest uses of ether anaesthesia in obstetric surgery.

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Year of medical qualification

6/May/1845

Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.