James Davie Gilruth

James Davie Gilruth was born in Arbroath. He qualified MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1895. He practised initially in Morayshire and in 1897 moved to Arbroath, where he later held the post of Surgeon at Arbroath Infirmary. He continued in general practice in Arbroath for thirty-seven years until retirement. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1923 and was elected a Fellow on 4 May 1926. He was President of the Dundee Branch of the British Medical Association in 1934-35 and in 1936 was appointed Alexander Black Lecturer by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He died on 25 May 1939.