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E000682 - Anderson, Alexander Dunlop (1794 - 1871)
Title:
Anderson, Alexander Dunlop (1794 - 1871)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000682
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2009-10-02

2013-08-06
Description:
Obituary for Anderson, Alexander Dunlop (1794 - 1871), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Anderson, Alexander Dunlop
Date of Birth:
1794
Date of Death:
13 May 1871
Place of Death:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 5th 1816

FRCS August 26th 1844

MD Edin 1819

FFPS Glasgow 1822
Details:
Son of Andrew Anderson, merchant, of Greenock, and nephew of Professor John Anderson, founder of the Andersonian University, Glasgow. Born in Greenock, he pursued his preliminary studies in Glasgow, and completed his medical training in Edinburgh and London. He was appointed a Surgeon's Mate (General Service) in 1813, and on March 13th was Hospital Assistant to the Forces. On May 12th, 1814, he joined the 49th Foot as Assistant Surgeon, but was afterwards placed on half pay, was re-employed by exchange on full pay, was again placed on half pay, and finally commuted on Sept 3rd, 1830. He served in Canada for a part of the time. He practised in Glasgow in 1820 and was elected Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1823, being appointed Physician to the Institution in 1838. Also served as Physician to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and from 1852-1855 was President of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. He married in 1829 a daughter of Thomas McCall, of Craighead, Lanarkshire, and had by her four sons and two daughters. Of the sons one, Dr T McCall Anderson, became Professor of Medicine in the Andersonian University. A D Anderson died at 159 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on May 13th, 1871. He wrote only a few articles for professional papers, and is best remembered by that "On the Treatment of Burns by Cotton," published in the *Glasgow Medical Journal* for 1828. He is said to have enjoyed an extensive share of what is called "the best practice". He had a delicate sense of honour, and always showed himself acutely sensitive in regard to the feelings of others. His portrait by Sir Daniel Macnee, painted in 1870, hangs in the Faculty Hall at Glasgow.
Sources:
*Glasgow Med. Jour.*, 1871, N.S. iii, 557

Duncan's *Memorials of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow*, No. 436, p. 279

*Lancet*, 1871, i, 764

*Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1871, i. 600
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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