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Nathaniel Thomas Brewis

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Nathaniel Thomas Brewis earned his MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1882 and was later elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He specialised in gynaecology and served as Obstetrician at several Edinburgh hospitals, including the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he was Superintendent until his retirement in 1922. He also represented Scotland at rugby union level on six occasions and served as President of the Scottish Rugby Football Union in 1885. He died in Edinburgh in 1924.
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Robert William Philip

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Robert William Philip was born in Glasgow and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh. He graduated MB CM with honours from the University of Edinburgh in 1882. Within a few years of graduation his work on the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis gained professional attention, and in 1887 he was awarded a gold medal for his MD thesis, 'An Inquiry into the Actual Cause of Death in Tuberculosis'.

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John Thomson

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John Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1856 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1881. He held residency posts at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary before undertaking further study in Vienna and Berlin. In 1884 he was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the London Hospital for Sick Children. He returned to Edinburgh in 1886 as Physician to the New Town Dispensary and in 1889 became Physician to the Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Sick Children. He died in Edinburgh in 1926.
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Francis William Nicol Haultain

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Francis William Nichol Haultain was born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and trained in Edinburgh, Prague, Vienna, and Berlin. He earned his MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1882 and his MD in 1889. He initially worked as Assistant to Sir John Halliday Croom and later taught at the Edinburgh Extramural Medical School. He co-authored 'The Handbook of Obstetric Nursing' with James Haig Ferguson and wrote 'The Practical Handbook of Midwifery'. He established an obstetric nursing home that later developed into the Hospital for Diseases of Women and served as an Examiner for several universities. He died in Edinburgh in 1921 after a prolonged respiratory illness.
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William Henry Miller

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William Henry Miller trained in Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1883 and his MD in 1887. He spent his career working in Edinburgh, including service as Physician to the New Town Dispensary. He died around 1938.
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Thomas William Dewar

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Thomas William Dewar, a nephew of James Dewar FRSE, trained in Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1884 and his MD in 1888. He worked at several hospitals, including Leith Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, and lectured in anatomy at the Edinburgh Extramural School of Medicine. He later moved to London, where he served as District Medical Officer at the Metropolitan Hospital, before returning to Scotland to establish a general practice in Dunblane. He died in Dunblane in 1931.
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Richard Greene

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Richard Greene studied at the University of Edinburgh and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1868. He specialised in the care of patients in asylums and worked at several institutions across Britain. He published extensively on asylum management and treatment methods, as well as on general medical subjects. He also served as Surgeon-Captain in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He retired in 1899 and died in Jersey in 1927.

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Alexander Bruce

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Alexander Bruce was born in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, and began his studies in arts at the University of Aberdeen before training in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated MB CM with first-class honours in 1879 and was awarded a gold medal for his MD in 1887. After working in several Edinburgh hospitals, including service as Physician at the Royal Infirmary, he became Lecturer in the Practice of Medicine at the Edinburgh School of Medicine. He published 'Illustrations of the Mid and Hind Brain' and 'Topographical Atlas of the Spinal Cord', translated Richard Thoma's 'Lehrbuch der Pathologie', and edited the Review of Neurology and Psychology for several years. He died in Edinburgh in June 1911.

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Frederick William Dyce Fraser

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Frederick William Dyce Fraser was the second son of Alexander Campbell Fraser, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Educated in Edinburgh and Prague, he earned his MA in 1874, MB CM in 1878, and MD in 1883, receiving special commendation for his thesis. He served as Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the Imperial University of Osaka before returning to Britain, where he worked in hospitals in the south of England, including as Surgeon at the Teddington and Hampton Wick Cottage Hospital and Clinical Assistant in the Skin Department at Charing Cross Hospital. He died suddenly in 1910.
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Robert Cooper Parke

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Robert Cooper Parke trained at Queen's College Belfast and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1868, a Member in 1876, and a Fellow in 1883. He spent his career in Newtownards, County Down, serving as Medical Officer to the local workhouse, Consulting Medical Officer of Health to the Poor Law Union, and Coroner for the North Division of County Down. He died in 1912 after a prolonged illness.