Cedric William Malcolm Wilson

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(23 November 1923 – 27 November 1993) was a 20th-century Scottish pharmacologist and medical historian. In authorship he appears as C. W. M. Wilson. He was founder of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 23 November 1923, the son of the botanist Malcolm Wilson. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy 1933 to 1943 then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1949. He gained a PhD in

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in 1954 and his medical doctorate (MD) in 1958. In 1955 he began lecturing in pharmacology at the University of Liverpool going on to become the Professor of Pharmacology at Trinity College Dublin. He then returned to practical medicine as Consulting Physician at

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1972. His proposers were William Wright,

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, James Graham, and Derrick Dunlop. He died on 27 November 1993, a few days after his 70th birthday.

Publications

*''Scottish Medical Traditions'' (1957) *''Therapeutic Sources for Prescribing in Great Britain'' (1963) *''The Pharmacological and Epidemiological Aspects of Adolescent Drug Dependence'' (1966) *''The Common Cold and Vitamin C'' (1973) *''Environmental Therapy'' (1983) He was a regular contributor to the

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Family

His older brother was Graham Malcolm Wilson.

References

1923 births 1993 deaths Writers from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Liverpool British pharmacologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Academics of Trinity College Dublin Medical doctors from Edinburgh {{UK-writer-stub