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Scottish
Doctors
 Surgeons'
Lives: An Anthology of College Fellows Over 500 Years
Published on the occasion of the Quincentenary celebrations
of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, editors Iain
MacLaren and Iain Macintyre have compiled an anthology of College
Fellows. Surgeons’ Lives weaves together the personal
and professional achievements of Fellows, linked by their membership
of this ‘Famous and Flourishing Society’. Some of
the names are of international renown, others less well known,
but all have an interesting story to tell.
 Leaves
from the Life of a Country Doctor
In this work, Clement Gunn presents not only his personal memories
of his life as a country doctor but also provides an insight
into the tales and traditions of one of Scotland's most beautiful
areas. The Borders was a very different place when he went there
to practise in 1885 than it is today. As a country Clement Gunn
he saw life in both its best and worst aspects; from the poorest
hovels to the great houses of the country gentry. Covering his
practice on horseback and foot, this highly educated man noted
and commented with great perception on both the great events
that shaped his times and the more intimate details of daily
life; from the weather to the death of Queen Victoria, from
Belgian refugees arriving in 1914 to his purchase of a motor
tricycle. Scottish
Doctors.
 Anatomy
Acts: A Scottish Journey Through the Body
Fusing history, imagination and the senses, "Anatomy Acts"
explores the social, cultural and scientific significance of
anatomy in Scotland over the past 500 years. How have we come
to know ourselves through anatomical study? How has anatomy
changed over the centuries and where is it heading? What contribution
has Scotland made to the 'culture of anatomy'? How have the
arts responded to the work of anatomists and surgeons? The range
of "Anatomy Acts" is wide, setting the high points
of Renaissance, Enlightenment and 19th-century enquiry alongside
the latest medical imaging techniques and the work of contemporary
artists and poets.
 A
Scottish Country Doctor, 1818-1873: Robert Pairman of Biggar
Recollections by His Son, Thomas Wyld Pairman (Flashbacks S.)
Robert Pairman, son of a grocer and wine merchant in Biggar,
Lanarkshire, graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University and
returned to Biggar to practise as a country doctor for the rest
of his working life. He quickly gained a reputation for his
medical writings as well as for his care of his patients. More
than once he was invited to set up in Glasgow or Edinburgh,
but his loyalties lay with the people of Biggar, by whom he
was much loved. Famous names like Syme and Simpson mingle with
local worthies in their affectionate portrait of a 19th-century
Dr. Finlay.
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