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for those injured in action, and generally improved the standards of cleanliness and hygiene. Sir James was created a Baronet on 30 September 1831, and was appointed a
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Sir James McGrigor. Medical Portrait Gallery: Biographical Memoirs of physicians, surgeons etc who have contributed to the advancement of medical science.
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McGrigor was the son of Colquhoun McGrigor, a clothing merchant from Aberdeen, and his wife Anne Grant. McGrigor was born in
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McGrigor's autobiography was published in 1861. An obelisk to his memory has been placed in Aberdeen and is now in
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The Scalpel and the Sword: Sir James McGrigor: The Autobiography of the Father of Army Medicine
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to catalogue medicinal plants. He served this role until 1828 when he was succeeded by
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The Accidental Birth of Military Medicine: The Origins of the Royal Army Medical Corps
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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edited by Mary McGrigor. Dalkeith Scottish Cultural Press, 2000. See
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for the Duke of Wellington's army in Spain and Portugal during the
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in Aberdeen to McGrigor's memory in 1851. It was relocated to
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In 1821 McGrigor was elected the first President of the
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Sir James McGrigor
James McGrigor (disambiguation)

KCB
FRS
FRSE
FRCPE
Royal Army Medical Corps
Rector of the University of Aberdeen
Cromdale
Inverness-shire
Aberdeen Grammar School
University of Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh
A granite obelisk, green from moss, in the shadow of a tree and surrounded by headstones
Kensal Green Cemetery

Duthie Park
Surgeon-General
Peninsular Wars
Battle of Waterloo
knighted
Army Medical Service
Andrew Smith
Medico-Botanical Society of London
Dr John Frost
Earl Stanhope
stethoscope
field hospitals
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath

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