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词条 William Pirrie (surgeon)
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. Publications

  4. References

Prof William Pirrie FRSE LLD (1807–1882) was a 19th century Scottish surgeon and medical author. He served as President of the North of Scotland Medical Association.

Life

He was born on a farm near Huntly, Aberdeenshire the son of George Pirrie, a farmer. He was educated at Gartly Parish School then studied Medicine at Marischal College in Aberdeen, graduating MA in 1825. He did further postgraduate studies in Paris under Baron Dupuytren. He gained his doctorate (MD) in 1829.[1]

In 1830 he began lecturing in Anatomy and Physiology at Aberdeen University. In 1839 he became the first Regius Professor of Surgery at Marischal College.

In 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was James Miller.[2]

In 1860, when Marischal College reunited with Aberdeen University, he became Professor of Surgery to Aberdeen, working alongside Prof John Struthers (Professor of Anatomy). also from 1860 he became the head surgeon of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

In 1875 Edinburgh University awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD). His students included James Greig Smith.[3]

He retired in June 1882 and died soon after, at 253 Union Street in Aberdeen, on 21 November 1882.[4]

Family

He was father to Alexander Pirrie civil engineer (d.1904) and grandfather to Alexander Mactier Pirrie.[5]

Publications

  • Principles and Practice of Surgery (1852)
  • Acupressure (1867) with Dr William Keith

References

1. ^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: William Pirrie
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. ^{{cite journal |pmc=5050979|year=1897|title=James Greig Smith|journal=Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal (1883)|volume=15|issue=56|pages=105–121}}
4. ^aberdeen Post Office Directory 1882
5. ^{{Cite journal|pmc = 2358756|year = 1907|title = ALEXANDER MACTIER PIRRIE, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B|journal = British Medical Journal|volume = 2|issue = 2450|pages = 1753–1754}}
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