Collection: William Shaw notes on the lectures of George H. B. Macleod

Scope and Contents

William J. Shaw’s notes on lectures of George H. B. Macleod on surgery at the University of Glasgow, 1874 Nov. 21-1875 Apr. 1. Lectures are numbered 1-91. Subjects are: surgical pathology, tumors, bone fractures, and wounds and injuries of the head, spine, and neck.

Dates

1874 - 1875

Creator

Shaw, William John (Person)

Biographical / Historical

William John Shaw, Scottish ophthalmic surgeon, was born on 7 Dec. 1855. He died at Skelmerlie Hydropathic on Clyde on 1 Jan. 1893. Shaw received his M.B. and C.M. from the University of Glasgow in 1878. He became House Surgeon at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary and the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He was also Surgeon for Diseases of the Eye at Anderson’s College Medical School in Glasgow. Shaw became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1882 and was a member of the Glasgow Southern Medical Society and the British Medical Association.