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Chandos Chair Of Medicine And Anatomy
The Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy is a Chair in Medicine and Anatomy of the University of St Andrews, Scotland. It was established in 1721, by a bequest of £1000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos - then the Chancellor of the university. His original aim was to establish a ''Chair of Eloquence'', although this was rejected by the university in favour of a chair in Medicine and Anatomy. Holders of the ''Chandos Chair'' are known as ''Chandos Professors''. The Chandos Chair still exists today, although in 1875 it became a chair in physiology. * Thomas Simson ''1722-1764'' * James Simson ''1764-1770'' * James Flint ''1770-1811'' * Robert Briggs ''1811-1840'' * John Reid ''1841-1849'' * George Edward Day ''1849-1863'' * James Bell Pettigrew ''1875-1905'' * Percy Theodore Herring ''1908-1948'' - first described Herring bodies * Anthony Elliot Ritchie ''1948-1969'' * Joseph Fairweather Lamb Joseph Fairweather Lamb FRSE (1928–2015) was a 20th-century Scottish physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chair (academic)
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital letter nearly always refers to a full professor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reid (medical Academic)
John Reid (9 April 1809 – 30 July 1849) was a Scottish physician and academic, known as an anatomist and physiologist. Life The sixth child of Henry Reid, a farmer, he was born at Bathgate in West Lothian, on 9 April 1809. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, taking his diploma on 12 July 1830, and being admitted a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, on 4 October 1836. Reid was appointed assistant physician in the clinical wards of Edinburgh Infirmary in 1830, and in 1831 went to Paris to study. Returning in 1832, he was sent, with three other Edinburgh physicians, to Dumfries during the outbreak of cholera there, remaining for several months there. He lived nearby at 8 Hill Place. Reid described the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. He also proved the heart had a double innervation through the vagus and sympathetic nerves. Reid subsequently became a demonstrator in the school of anatomy established at Old Surgeons' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1721 Establishments In Scotland
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Joseph Fairweather Lamb
Joseph Fairweather Lamb FRSE (1928–2015) was a 20th-century Scottish physician, who was Emeritus Professor of the Chandos Chair of Physiology at the University of St Andrews. Life He was born at Balnacake Farm near Brechin on 18 July 1928A History of Medicine in the University of St Andrews, J S G Blair the son of Joseph Lamb, a tenant farmer, and his wife, Agnes Fairweather. He was educated at Aldbar School then Brechin High School. He then studied Medicine at University of Edinburgh, graduating MB ChB. After a spell as a physician he returned to university to obtain a PhD then took lectureships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. In 1969 he was appointed to the Chandos Chair of Physiology at the University of St Andrews and held the post for 24 years until 1993. From 1998 until 2003 he led the Rowett Research Institute at the University of Aberdeen. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1986. He died peacefully in Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herring Bodies
Herring bodies or neurosecretory bodies are structures found in the posterior pituitary. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus, and hormones are temporarily stored in these locations. They are neurosecretory terminals. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin are both stored in Herring bodies, but are not stored simultaneously in the same Herring body. In addition, each Herring body also contains ATP and a type of neurophysin. Neurophysins are binding proteins, of which there are two types: neurophysin I and neurophysin II, which bind to oxytocin and ADH, respectively. Neurophysin and its hormone become a complex considered a single protein and stored in the neurohypophysis. Upon stimulation by the hypothalamus, secretory granules release stored hormones into the bloodstream. Fibers from supraoptic nuclei are concerned with ADH secretion; paraventricular nuclei with oxytocin. This anatomical structure was first described by Percy Theodore Herring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Theodore Herring
Percy Theodore Herring FRSE FRCPE LLD (3 November 1872 – 24 October 1967) was a physician and physiologist, notable for first describing Herring bodies in the posterior pituitary gland. Life He was born in Yorkshire, England, on 3 November 1872, the son of Edmund Herring. His family emigrated to New Zealand when he was young and he was schooled in Christchurch. He studied medicine at the University of Otago, New Zealand, returning to Scotland to complete his degree. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MB in 1896. From 1898 to 1899 he was President of the Royal Medical Society. He received his MD in 1899 with a gold medal from the University of Edinburgh. From 1908 until 1948 he held the Chandos Chair of Medicine and Physiology at the Bute Medical School, at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, during which time he described what are now known as Herring bodies, in 1908. He also carried out work on insulin, funded by the Medical Research Council. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bell Pettigrew
James Bell Pettigrew FRSE FRS FRCPE LLD (26 May 1834 – 30 January 1908) was a Scottish anatomist and noted naturalist, aviation pioneer and museum curator. He was a distinguished naturalist in Britain, and Professor of Anatomy at St Andrews University from 1875 until his death. Pettigrew was an internationally acknowledged authority on animal locomotion and bird flight, which informed his invention of an early flying machine. The Wright Brothers studied his most popular work, ''Animal Locomotion: or Walking, Swimming and Flying'' which was published in 1873. Early life and education Pettigrew was born at Roxhill, near Calderbank in Lanarkshire, the son of Robert Pettigrew and his wife, Mary Bell. He was educated at the Free West Academy in Airdrie. He then entered the Faculty of Arts at the University of Glasgow where he studied Latin, Greek, Logic, Mathematics and Physics. As was common at the time he did not graduate. Moving to Edinburgh he attended the anatomy lecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Edward Day
George Edward Day (1815–1872) was a Welsh physician. Life He was born on 4 August 1815 at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. He was the son of George Day of Manorabon House, Swansea; his father had inherited the fortunes of his own father, George Day, physician to the Nawab of Arcot, and his uncle, Sir John Day, solicitor-general in Bengal. His mother was Mary Hale. After his father's ruin by the failure of a bank in 1826, he was brought up by his grandmother, Mrs. Hale. Day entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1833, and after one term obtained a scholarship at Pembroke College where he graduated in 1837. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, where he obtained several medals. He took his M.A. degree at Cambridge in 1840. In 1843 Day began practice in London, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1844, and a fellow in 1847. He was physician to the Western General Dispensary, and lecturer on materia medica at Middlesex Hospital. In 1849 he became Chandos Professor of Anato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Briggs (medical Academic)
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Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others. Medicine has been practiced since prehistoric times, and for most of this time it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge), frequently having connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of local culture. For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Flint (medical Academic)
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James Simson
James Simson 1740–1770 was a medical academic and the second Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy, Chandos Professor of Medicine and Anatomy at the University of St Andrews, from 1764 to 1770. He was born on 21 March 1740, son of Thomas Simson and Margaret Simson. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine, MD. He succeeded his father as Chandos Professor in 1764, where he remained until his death on 30 August 1770. His library was bequeathed to the University of St Andrews Library in 1770, and the university library still owns the collection today, containing over 200 medical books. References 1740 births 1770 deaths Academics of the University of St Andrews, Simson, James 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Alumni of the University of St Andrews Scottish philanthropists 18th-century philanthropists {{Scotland-academic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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