Andrew Buchanan (10 December 1798 – 1882) was a Scottish surgeon and academic. He served as

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at the

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from 1839 to 1876. He practised as a surgeon at the

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1835 to 1862. He was President of the

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from 1879 to 1880. He founded the ''Glasgow Medical Journal'' in 1928, and became its joint-editor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Andrew (surgeon) 1798 births 1882 deaths Scottish surgeons Academics of the University of Glasgow