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Robert Milne Murray

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Robert Milne Murray FRSE FRCPE FRSSA (6 May 1855 – 14 February 1904) was a Scottish surgeon and medical author. Specialising in gynaecology he ran the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Hospital, He was the first medical Electrician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but refused to patent any of the devices which he created and instead openly showed the apparatus to vising European colleagues to be feely copied.^[1]

Life

He was born at Fettercairn on 6 May 1855 the son of the local schoolmaster.

He studied Science at St Andrews University graduating MA around 1875. After some time assisting Prof Matthew Forster Heddle he went to Edinburgh University to study Medicine graduating MB ChB in 1879. He then became assistant to John Halliday Croom under whom he gained much knowledge in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.

In 1886 he began Lecturing in Midwifery and Diseases of Women. He was President of the Gynaecological Society of Edinburgh and Vice President of the British Gynaecological Society. He was Vice President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts. He maintaines a private laboratory at Rutland Square.

In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, Alexander Crum Brown, Sir John Batty Tuke and William Evans Hoyle.^[2]

His final years were spent at 13 Chester Street in Edinburgh's West End, a mid-terraced Victorian townhouse.^[3]

He caught pneumonia following a severe chill in November 1902. Despite retiring from active work and spending time in a Mediterranean climate the pneumonia remained. On 14 February 1902 he underwent an operation to adjust his ribs in an attempt to relieve his breathing. He died of a heart attack whilst under the anaesthetic aged only 48.^[1]

He was buried on 18 November in Dean Cemetery.^[4] The grave lies on the northern path of the first north extension, on the edge of the north-west section.

Family

He was married to Margaret (1857 – 1937) but the couple were unable to have children.

Publications

Chemical Notes and Equations (1880)
Post-Partum Incontinence of Urine (1881)
Cessation of Respiration under Chloroform and its Restoration (1885)
Physiological and Therapeutic Actions of Water at Different Temperatures (1886)
Effects of Compression on the Shape of the Fetal Head (1888)
Treatment of Pelvic Disease by Electricity (1890)
The Axis Traction Forceps (1896)
Deflection and Rotation of the Pregnant Uterus (1897)
Relative Advantages of Forceps and Version (1896)
Spontaneous Rupture of Uterus

References

1. ^¹{{cite journal|title=Robert Milne Murray, M.A.St. And., M.D.Edin., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E|date=27 February 1904|publisher=|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=1|issue=2252|pages=521–522|pmc=2353217}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
3. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1901-2
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=74766&scrwidth=796|title=Gravestone Photographs Resource grave details page|first=Charles|last=Sale|website=Gravestonephotos.com|accessdate=4 January 2018}}

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