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Charles Browne

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Charles Browne trained at Guy's Hospital, London, and was the third generation of his family to enter the medical profession. He practised in Camberwell for many years and served as Honorary Secretary of the United Hospitals Club, a society established to promote cooperation between Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals. He was also a former Master and Examiner of the Society of Apothecaries of London and served for a period as Assistant Surgeon to the 1st Surrey Volunteer Regiment. He died in London in 1905.
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James Allan Gray

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James Allan Gray was educated at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MA in 1872, MB CM in 1876, and MD in 1880, for which he was awarded a gold medal. After serving as Resident Physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, he moved to Leith, where he became Medical Officer for the burgh and Leith Hospital. He was a member of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh and taught clinical medicine to women students at a time when they were excluded from mainstream university and Royal Infirmary teaching. He also served for many years as Surgeon to the 5th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Scots, and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration for long service in 1902. He retired in 1929 and died in 1930.
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William Smith Greenfield

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William Smith Greenfield trained in London at University College and Hospital, becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1872, earning his MD in 1874, and becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1879. He served as Assistant Physician and Lecturer in Pathological Anatomy at St Thomas' Hospital before being appointed Professor of Pathology at the Brown Institute, London. In 1881 he became Professor of Pathology and Clinical Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held until his retirement in 1912. During his tenure, responsibility for pathology teaching expanded significantly within the University. He published widely on subjects including anthrax and renal disease, and produced English translations of several important medical texts. He died in Edinburgh in 1919.
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Peter Young

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Peter Young trained in Edinburgh, earning his MD from the University of Edinburgh and becoming a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1857. He specialised in obstetrics, serving as Physician-Accoucheur at the Edinburgh Royal Dispensary and later as Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases of Women at the Edinburgh School of Medicine. He died in 1904.
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John James Graham Brown

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John James Graham Brown graduated MB CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1875 and earned his MD in 1878. He served as Resident Physician and Resident Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, later becoming Assistant Physician, Ordinary Physician, and finally Consultant Physician, a position he held until his retirement in 1919. In 1909 he was appointed the first Lecturer in Neurology at the University of Edinburgh. He was twice elected by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to deliver the Morrison Lectures on mental diseases. His book 'Medical Diagnosis: A Manual of Clinical Methods' was published in five editions. He died in Edinburgh in February 1925.

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Henry Marcus Allen

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Henry Marcus Allen, the son of Thomas Allen LRCSE, studied at the Universities in Oxford and Paris and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held posts as House Physician, Resident Physician Accoucheur, and Obstetric Assistant at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and also worked in the outpatient department at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He later returned to Brighton, where he served as Local Medical Referee to the Royal National Hospital for Consumption at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight and the National Sanatorium for Diseases of the Chest at Eastbourne.
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George Fowler

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George Fowler trained at Guy's Hospital, London, becoming a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1864. Based primarily in Camberwell, south-east London, where he initially practised alongside his father, George Fowler MRCS LSA, he specialised in rheumatic medicine. He worked at several hospitals in London, including the North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest and the Infirmary for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest and Throat. He died in 1892.
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German Sims Woodhead

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Sir German Sims Woodhead, the son of the publisher and MP Joseph Woodhead, trained at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MB CM in 1878 and his MD in 1881, for which he was awarded a gold medal. He began his teaching career at the University of Edinburgh and served as Superintendent of the Laboratory at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1887 to 1890. He authored 'Practical Pathology' and 'Pathological Mycology' and founded the Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, which he edited for many years. He also had a long association with The Lancet before his appointment as Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge. During the First World War he served as Inspector of Laboratories to the War Office and was involved in work at the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony at Papworth. He died in December 1921.
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Joseph Carne Ross

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Joseph Carne Ross was born in Funchal, Madeira, in 1845. After a military career he entered medicine, training at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned his MB in 1880 and MD in 1882. He worked as Non-Resident House Physician in the clinical wards and as a Clinical Assistant in the University wards at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He later moved to Penzance, serving as Honorary Physician at the West Cornwall Infirmary, before settling in Manchester as Physician at Ancoats Hospital. He published 'Observations upon the Modes of Treatment of Pleurisy with Effusion', contributed letters to The Lancet, and authored the speculative fiction work 'Quintura: Its Singular People and Remarkable Customs'. He died in Withington, Manchester, in 1911.
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Thomas Smith

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Thomas Smith was born in London circa 1834 and began his medical career there, becoming a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1860, and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1861. He earned his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1883 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. A Member of the British Medical Association, he spent most of his career in Stockport, serving as Medical Officer for the Bredbury Union District and Surgeon to the Midland and the Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool Railway Company Friendly Society. He died in 1890.