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William Inglis had a number of family connections with surgery which extended over at least five generations. He was the son of a surgeon, Alexander Inglis, a
Freeman of the Incorporation. William Inglis married Margaret Spens, daughter of Thomas Spens the 15th Laird of Lathallan in Fife and sister
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and “reading and explaining receipts.” Receipts were recipes or prescriptions, an indication that surgeons of the day were required to demonstrate their competence in preparing medications in addition to demonstrating their surgical knowledge. His final examination was to describe an operation for
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William Inglis was born in
Edinburgh on 3 April 1713, the son of Alexander Inglis, an Edinburgh surgeon and his wife Margaret Loudon. After serving a surgical apprenticeship, he applied on 5 August 1743 to sit the examination which would enable him to be elected a Freeman (Fellow) of the
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from 1772–74. After receiving a Royal
Charter in 1778 the organisation became known as the Royal College of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh and William Inglis served as President from 1782–84 and again from 1790-92. On 12 April 1782 Inglis was one of the founding members of the
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and the composition of various unctions or ointments. Having successfully passed these examinations, he paid the
Incorporation the sum of ÂŁ8 6 shillings and 8 pence and was admitted a Fellow on 7 October 1743. He was
98:(1801-1889), both became Fellows of the College, as did Archibald's son Andrew Inglis who was Professor of Midwifery at the University of Aberdeen. Archibald served as President of the College from 1853 to 1855.
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86:(1728–1815). Although a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Nathaniel Spens practised as a physician and became President of the
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from 1808 to 1810. His sons too followed in the same tradition. Thomas Inglis (1796-1874) and
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