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James Donaldson Gillespie

1822/3–91

Scottish surgeon. Extramural lecturer, Edinburgh University, 1851. Surgeon and lecturer in clinical surgery, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1851–91. Medical Officer, Edinburgh New Town Dispensary. Surgeon, Gillespie’s and Donaldson’s Hospitals, Edinburgh. Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, c. 1865–91; president, 1869. President, Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1846–7.

Source

J. Gray 1952, Medical directory 1863–, Medical directory for Scotland 1857.

Bibliography

Gray, James. 1952. History of the Royal Medical Society, 1737–1937. Edited by Douglas Guthrie and with a foreword by Robert Hutchison. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Vols. 10,11]

Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.

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