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Robert Swan Aitchison

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Robert Swan Aitchison trained in Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1882 and his MD in 1896. He served as Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Physician to the New Town Dispensary, and Medical Officer for Out-Patients at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He later became Consulting Physician at St Cuthbert's Hospital, a predecessor of the Western General Hospital. He authored 'A Medical Handbook for Students', which reached its sixth edition in 1919. He retired in 1914 and died in Ifield, Sussex, in 1937.
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John Batty Tuke Jr.

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John Batty Tuke Jr. was born in Edinburgh and trained in the city, earning his MB CM in 1881 and his MD in 1890. He worked as Physician to the University clinical wards before specialising in mental health, first as Assistant Medical Officer at the Royal Lunatic Asylum, Montrose, and later as Resident Clinical Assistant at the West Riding Asylum, Wakefield. He returned to Edinburgh to work with his father, Sir John Batty Tuke, at Saughton Hall Asylum and later as Superintendent of New Saughton Hall near Polton, Midlothian. He also served as Physician for Mental Diseases at the New Town Dispensary and as Examiner in Psychology for the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He died in London in 1920.

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Augustus Alexander Matheson

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Augustus Alexander Matheson was born in Inverness-shire, the son of Farquhar Matheson, a revenue agent. He earned his MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1883 and his MD in 1886. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1889 and died in December 1941.
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George Henry Darwin

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George Henry Darwin trained at the Victoria University of Manchester and earned his MD from the University of St Andrews. He practised in West Didsbury and served as Consulting Physician to the Manchester City Mission. He was active in the St John Ambulance Association, serving on its executive committee and acting as a judge and examiner, and was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John in 1897. He also served as Surgeon-Major in the 6th Manchester Regiment of the Army Medical Reserve and was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration. He died in Manchester in December 1921.
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Alexander Blackhall-Morison

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Alexander Blackhall-Morison, the grandson of Sir Alexander Morison, former President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, trained in Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1872 and his MD in 1878, for which he was awarded a gold medal. He specialised in diseases of the heart and worked at several London hospitals, including Mount Vernon Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest and the Royal Northern Hospital. He was a member and one-time President of the National Medical Union, formed in opposition to the National Insurance Act of 1911. He died suddenly in London in December 1927.

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James Haig Ferguson

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James Haig Ferguson trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1884 and his MD in 1890. He specialised in gynaecology and midwifery and worked at several hospitals in Edinburgh, including Leith Hospital, the Royal Maternity Hospital, and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he also held a teaching role in clinical gynaecology at the University. He served as Chairman of the Central Midwives Board of Scotland. He co-authored several works, most notably 'The Handbook of Obstetrical Nursing' with Francis William Nichol Haultain, which was published in five editions. He died in Edinburgh in May 1934.

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Ralph Stockman

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Ralph Stockman was born in Leith and educated in Edinburgh, where he was awarded a gold medal for his MD in 1886. He began his career as a teacher at the Edinburgh Extramural School before being appointed Professor of Materia Medica, later termed pharmacology, at the University of Glasgow in 1897, a post he held until his retirement in 1936. He published a number of works, including 'Rheumatism and Arthritis' (1920). After retiring, he returned to Edinburgh, where he died in February 1946.

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Charles Pitt Wetherell Neate

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Charles Pitt Wetherell Neate trained at St Thomas's Hospital, London, becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1865. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1889 and was a member of the British Medical Association. He died in December 1914.
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James Stewart

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James Stewart was born in Belfast and began his medical career in Ireland, earning a BA from Queen's University Ireland in 1864 and training at the Dublin Lying-In Hospital. He initially served as a Surgeon in the Royal Navy, including service aboard HM Frigate Constance during the Jamaican yellow fever epidemic of 1867. He later worked in mental healthcare at the Dorset and Kent County Asylums. He was involved in the temperance movement and was a member of the Medical Temperance Association and the Society for the Study of Inebriety. He authored a pamphlet entitled 'Treatment of Inebriety among the Higher and Educated Classes'. He died in London in December 1928.
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Thomas Ernest Gee

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Thomas Ernest Gee trained at Charing Cross Hospital, London, becoming a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1882. An anaesthetist, he spent the latter part of his career at the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, Regent's Park. He died in London in 1902 aged forty-eight.