John Glaister (the younger)

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John R. Glaister , (born May 31, 1892 in Glasgow , Scotland ; † October 4, 1971 ) was a Scottish forensic doctor and Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Glasgow . The second son of the father of the same name was also his successor in the professorship. Glaister was an outstanding scientist who shaped the subject and how it was perceived by the public.

Life

Glaister was born in 1892 as the second son of John Glaister (1856-1932) and Mary Scott Clarke. After attending the High School of Glasgow, he studied medicine in Glasgow. His training included courses in physics , physiology , anatomy , diseases of the eye , Medica Therapeutica , and practical anatomy, which also included autopsies of the upper limbs, head and neck.

He studied with his father until he received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with distinction in March 1916 . Immediately upon graduation, Glaister entered the military, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps in France , the Middle East and Egypt . While still in the military, Glaister married Isobel Lindsay in 1919 and opened a practice in Glasgow after his release with the rank of captain. At the same time he works in the student council for forensic medicine as an assistant under his father. In 1925 he received his doctorate in medicine and in 1927 his D.Sc (Doctor of Science).

In the same year he was admitted to the bar ( barrister ) and taught forensics in the Glasgow Police Department. He was also a medical and legal advisor to the Corporation of Glasgow . He taught briefly at the university and in 1928 succeeded Sydney Smith on the chair of the professorship for forensics at the University of Cairo ( Egypt ) and became medical-legal advisor to the Egyptian government. At the end of 1931 he returned to Glasgow and followed his father to the chair of the Regius Professorship in Forensics. He held this position until 1962. Since 1934 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

As a coroner for the Crown, Glaister worked mainly in western Scotland. He also worked on a few cases in England, including the most famous, the Buck Ruxton case. He was consulted frequently for autopsies, as a forensic pathologist , serologist and as an expert in hair and fibers, his specialty.

bibliography

Glaister Jr. revised the standard work written by his father Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology together with Edgar Rentoul. The work was published in many other editions. In addition, he published various writings, including

  • Legal Medicine (1922)
  • Medico-Legal Aspects of the Ruxton Case (1936), with James Couper Brash
  • Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine (1939)
  • A Study of Hairs and Wools Belonging to the Mammalian Group of Animuals (Including a Special Study of Human Hair) (1937)
  • The Power of Poison (1954)
  • Final Diagnosis (1964), his autobiography

literature

  • Crowther and White (1988), On Soul and Conscience the Medical Expert and Crime .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h The University of Glasgow Story, John Glaister, Jr .; from the University of Glasgow website, accessed March 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q John Glaister, Junior on the US National Library of Medicine website; accessed on March 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Jim McLarnon, From Forensic Medicine to the Western Front: the papers of John Glaister, Jr. in the Great War Project at Glasgow University; accessed on March 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Nicholas Edward Duvall (2013) Forensic medicine in Scotland, 1914-39 ; Thesis for a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Manchester, online ; accessed on March 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Glaister, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glaister, John R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish coroner and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1971