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Harry Rainy

Fellow

Harry Rainy was born in Glasgow in 1864. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh, and served as Resident Medical Officer at Chalmers Hospital. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1896, later serving the College as Honorary Secretary, Examiner and Vice-President. He co-authored 'Clinical Methods' with Robert Hutchison in 1897 and is credited in contemporary accounts with early clinical use of X-rays in Edinburgh. He later served as Medical Adviser to the Prison Commissioner for Scotland. He died in Edinburgh in 1923.
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John Macmillan

Fellow

John Macmillan was educated at the University of St Andrews, graduating MA, and later at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated BSc in Natural Science in 1879. He worked as a teacher at Perth Academy and the Edinburgh Academy before returning to study, gaining a BSc in Public Health in 1894. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895 and elected a Fellow the following year. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, and later lectured in medical jurisprudence. He died in Edinburgh in 1913.
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John Hosack Fraser

Fellow

John Hosack Fraser was born in 1857. He graduated MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1881 and worked at Lancaster Royal Infirmary before travelling extensively as a surgeon. He later settled in Bridge of Allan, where he practised medicine for several decades. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895 and elected a Fellow in 1897. During the First World War he served as Medical Officer at Keir House, Dunblane, and was awarded the Belgian King Albert Medal. He died in Bridge of Allan in 1930.
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George May Lowe

Fellow

George May Lowe was born circa 1844 in Lincoln. He qualified in medicine and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1897. He practised initially in Newport on the Isle of Wight before later working in Ryde. He was active in public life, serving on Lincoln City Corporation and later Ryde Town Council, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Volunteer Medical Corps. He died suddenly in 1912 and was buried in Ryde Cemetery.
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John Alexander Campbell Kynoch

Fellow

John Alexander Campbell Kynoch was born in Morayshire in 1863 and educated at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in medicine in 1887. He specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology and undertook further study in Vienna, Munich, and Berlin. He held hospital posts including House Surgeon at Dundee Royal Infirmary and appointments at Glasgow Maternity Hospital and the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1897 and was also a Fellow of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Obstetrical Societies. He published in medical journals, including the British Medical Journal. He died in Birnam in 1931.
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Archibald Stodart Walker

Fellow

Archibald Stodart Walker was born in Fife in 1870 and educated at Liverpool College and the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1891. He undertook further study in Paris, Bologna and London and served as House Physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895 and elected a Fellow in 1897. In 1900 he left medical practice to pursue a literary career, later serving as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. He died in London in 1934.
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James Stewart Fowler

Fellow

James Stewart Fowler was born in Pittenweem, Fife, in 1871 and educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He served as House Physician at the Royal Infirmary and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1895, becoming a Fellow in 1897. He graduated MD in 1899, receiving a gold medal for his thesis, and published widely on paediatrics and infant feeding. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Salonika. He died in Elie, Fife, in 1925.
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Kenneth Mackenzie Downie

Fellow

Kenneth Mackenzie Downie was born in Contin in 1845, the son of the minister of Contin. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and undertook further training in Vienna and Munich, graduating MB CM in 1866 and MD in 1875. He entered the Indian Medical Service in 1868 and rose to the rank of surgeon-lieutenant-colonel. His service included postings in Burma, Hazara and the North-West Frontier, and participation in the Ruby Mines Expedition. He died in Cannes, France, in 1912.
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John Clarence Webster

Fellow

John Clarence Webster was born in Canada and trained at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB CM in 1888 and MD with a gold medal in 1891. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1892 and elected a Fellow in 1893. He practised in Edinburgh for several years, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, and served as Assistant to the Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh and Assistant Lecturer at the Edinburgh School of Medicine. In 1899 he was appointed Chair of Obstetrics at Rush Medical College, Chicago. He returned to Canada in 1920 and devoted the remainder of his life to historical research and heritage preservation in New Brunswick. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1935.
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James Mill

Fellow

James Mill practised as a Physician in Leith. He graduated MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1881 and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1891, followed by election as a Fellow in 1893. He was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh and worked as Physician and Medical Officer at Leith Hospital. He also served in the 5th Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Scots, attaining the rank of Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel.