Frederick Gardiner

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FRSM (1874- 8 September 1933) was a Scottish radiologist and dermatologist.

Life

Gardiner was born in

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in 1874 the son of John Gardiner and his wife Isabella. He studied medicine at the

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graduating MB CM in 1895. He then worked as a Resident first at

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, then at

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Royal Asylum. He returned to Edinburgh for further study, gaining a diploma in Public Health in 1901. He took on a role as

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Hospital's radiologist in 1901. He gained his doctorate (MD) in 1902 writing his thesis on x-ray use in

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. From 1904 he worked as Assistant Physician at the

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. In 1912 he became a senior Physician and also began lecturing in Dermatology at the University of Edinburgh and in extramural classes. He did much to pioneer (in retrospect now seen as a mistake) the use of x-rays in treating of skin diseases. He also worked with Sir Robert Philip on the use of x-rays to diagnose tuberculosis. He lived close to both University and Infirmary, at 9 George Square in Edinburgh (now demolished). During the

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he worked at

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advising on issues relating to the skin, and building its later reputation for work on skin grafts for burn victims. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1923. His proposers were Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Sir James Alfred Ewing, David Gibb, and

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. He died at home in Manor Place, Edinburgh, following a long illness (thought to be skin cancer induced by over-use of x-rays), on 8 September 1933. He was cremated at

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on 11 September.

Publications

See *''Handbook of Skin Diseases'' (1919) *''Occupational Dermatitis'' (as part of British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis 1922) *''Sebhorrhoea'' (1932)

Family

He was the father of John Percival Gardiner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Frederick 1874 births 1933 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Medical doctors from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish non-fiction writers X-ray pioneers