Andrew Meiklejohn FRCP (1899 – 27 October 1970) was a Scottish respiratory physician, who entered the

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

service, first in

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and subsequently in

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, before studying

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and

silicosis Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. It is a type of pneumoconiosis. Silicos ...

in the pottery trade. In 1963 he gave the

Milroy Lecture The Milroy Lectures are given on topics in public health, to the Royal College of Physicians, London. They were set up by money left by Gavin Milroy, who died in 1886. List of lectures To 1900 *1888 Robert Lawson, ''Epidemic Influences'' *1889 J ...

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1899 births 1970 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Medical doctors from Glasgow 20th-century English medical doctors Alumni of the University of Glasgow {{UK-med-bio-stub