Regius Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics (Aberdeen)

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The Regius Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics was a Regius Professorship for Materia medica , i.e. today's pharmacology , founded in 1860 at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The University of Aberdeen was founded by the merger of Marischal College and King's College by the Universities (Scotland) Act of 1858. Along with the founding of the university, several Regius Professorships were donated by Queen Victoria , including the Professorship for Materia Medica.

In addition to this professorship, there is another professorship at the University of Glasgow , the Regius Professor of Materia Medica , founded in 1766 , which has been merged with another professorship since the 1980s.

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Alexander Harvey MA, MD 1835 1878 Harvey received his education at Marischal College, one of the two founding colleges of the University of Aberdeen, and at the University of Edinburgh . There he obtained his MD in 1935. He taught physiology at Marischal College and medicine at Kings College for a few years . His best-known work is the A Syllabus of Materia Medica , which he wrote together with his successor in office Alexander Dyce Davidson (see below) .
Alexander Dyce Davidson 1878 1886 Davidson had worked as Harvey's assistant for a number of years and also worked as an eye surgeon. In 1886 he suffered a stroke during a lecture, which he succumbed an hour later at the age of 41.
John Theodore Cash MB, CM, MRCS, MD, FRS 1887 1919
Charles Robertshaw Marshall MA, MD 1919 Sep 30 1930 Marshall had previously taught at the University of St. Andrews . He was a respected teacher both there and in Aberdeen. Marshall was still very much attached to tradition, but had already removed a lot of unscientific baggage from the subject. Marshall's textbooks Textbook of Materia Medica (1905) and Manual of Perscribing (1907) mark the transition from materia medica to pharmacology.
David Campbell Esquire, MC, MA, B.Sc., MBChB .; MD Oct. 1, 1930 1959 Campbell was trained at the Ayr Academy and the University of Glasgow , where he was not only successful in medicine, but also in the arts and sciences, three degrees at the same time. Immediately after his graduation in 1916, he went to a military recruitment office and performed his service, decorated with a Military Cross , in France. After his release in 1919, he went back to Glasgow, where he established his reputation as an excellent lecturer, doctor and administrator. In 1924, his doctoral thesis was awarded the coveted Bellahouston Gold Medal . In 1925/26 he became one of the first Fellows of the Rockefeller Foundation at Johns Hopkins University . In 1930 he moved to the University of Aberdeen and took over the Regius Professorship. Two years after taking office, the university's fellows elected him dean of the medical faculty. He became the head of a movement of Glasgow-trained medical professionals who were giving rural Aberdeen a thorough reorientation. In addition to Campbell himself, these were John Cruickshank , John Young , James Learmonth and Dugald Baird . These men did most of the work that medical school has earned its reputation today. Campbell's textbook on pharmacology was a classic of its time. Campbell was showered with honors. Knighted in 1954, honorary doctorates from the Universities of Aberdeen, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, Durham, fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians in London and Glasgow, and membership of the Royal Society of Edinburgh are just the most important of the awards.
Alastair Goold Macgregor B.Sc., MB, Ch.B., FRCPS, MRCP, MD, MRCPE, FRCPE, FRCPG, FRCP 1959 June 1, 1972 Macgregor took over the professorship at the age of 40. His influence on British pharmacology can be measured through the standard work on pharmacy, which he co-published, Textbook of Medical Treatment (Dunlop, Alstead and Macgregor), and through his influence on the National Formulary and Prescribers Journal , both important specialist publications.
William Walker Esq., MA, MB, Ch.B., FRCP May 6, 1973 1982 In 1982, Walker prematurely renounced the Regius Professorship.
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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m John D. Comrie: History of Scottish Medicine . Volume II. Ed .: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum London. 1932 (English, electricscotland.com [PDF; accessed October 14, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Universities (Scotland) Act 1858. (PDF) King's College and Marischal College, Aberdeen, to be united under the title of “University of Aberdeen”. May 26, 2013, p. 1 , accessed on October 14, 2019 (Act to unite Marischal College and King's College to form the University of Aberdeen.).
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  4. ↑ a b Scottish Office, Whitehall 27th May 1919 . In: Edinburgh Gazette . May 30, 1919, p.  1788 (English, thegazette.co.uk [accessed October 7, 2019] notification of the appointment of Charles Robertshaw Marshall as Regius Professor of Materia Medica).
  5. ^ Charles Robertshaw Marshall: John Theodore Cash. 1854-1936 . In: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society , Vol. 2, No. January 6, 1938, pp. 294-300; JSTOR 769065
  6. ^ A b Scottish Office, Whitehall, SW 28th August, 1930 . In: London Gazette . August 29, 1930, p.  5357 (English, thegazette.co.uk [accessed October 7, 2019] announcement of the appointment of David Campbell as Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Aberdeen).
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  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n David (Sir) Campbell on the Royal College of Physicians website; accessed on September 18, 2017.
  9. ^ Sir David Campbell on the East Ayrshire Council website; Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ a b c Alastair Goold Macgregor on the Royal College of Physicians website; Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  11. ^ A b Obituary Notices: AG MacGregor. In: British Medical Journal , June 17, 1972, p. 718; doi: 10.1136 / bmj.2.5815.718
  12. ^ Scottish Education Department . St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DB, 22 May 1973. In: The Edinburgh Gazette . May 22, 1973 (English, thegazette.co.uk [accessed October 13, 2019] Announcement of the appointment of William Walker as Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Aberdeen).
  13. ↑ Obituary . W. Walker, MA, FRCP, FRCPED. In: British Medical Journal . February 23, 1985, p.  641 (English, bmj.com [accessed October 13, 2019] Obituary for William Walker, formerly Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Aberdeen.).
  14. ^ A b PD Bewsher, KG Lowe: William Walker . b.1 January 1920 d.18 December 1984, MA MB ChB St And (1946) MRCP (1950) FRCPE (1964) FRCP (1971). In: Royal College of Physicians (Ed.): Lives of Fellows . 1985 (English, rcplondon.ac.uk [accessed October 13, 2019] short biography of William Walker).