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Robert Lee (obstetrician)

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in 1814. After his graduation he was appointed Physician's Clerk to James Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, a position he relinquished in 1817.
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in 1834. He held the Chair for the shortest period of any holder to date, resigning from his position immediately after giving his opening address.
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Clinical midwifery: comprising the histories of five hundred and forty-five cases of difficult, preternatural, and complicated labour
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In 1824 Lee accepted an appointment as personal physician to Prince
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in 1825. He described his experiences in Russia in the book
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The Last Days of Alexander and the First Days of Nicholas
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The Last Days of Alexander and the First Days of Nicholas
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Robert Lee (midwifery)

Melrose, Scottish Borders
Surbiton
Kensal Green Cemetery
51°31′43″N 0°13′27″W / 51.5286°N 0.2241°W / 51.5286; -0.2241
University of Edinburgh
MD
Edin.
MRCS
Edin.
LRCP
FRS
FRCS
Western Medical Society
Signature of Robert Lee
FRS
Regius Professor of Midwifery
University of Glasgow
Melrose
Galashiels
Robert Balmer
University of Edinburgh
MD
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
Crimea
Alexander I of Russia
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal
Thomas Snow Beck

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