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Mike McKirdy graduated from the Glasgow University Medical School in 1985 and after surgical training in the west of Scotland, London and Manchester, was appointed a consultant surgeon at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Paisley in 1997.

Mr McKirdy was previously Professional Advisor to the Scottish Government’s Global Citizenship Programme, a pioneer of development of breast cancer services in the Clyde area of the West of Scotland and National Clinical Lead for Breast Services. His previous formal College roles include Regional Councillor (2005-2013), Vice President (Surgical) (2013-2016) and Director of Global Health (2017-2020) and Chair of the HOPE Foundation. Mr McKirdy became Professional Adviser on Global Health in the Scottish Government in 2018, as well as a trustee of THET, the Tropical Health Education Trust.

McKirdy became president of the College in 2021.

A biography of Marshall Hall, English physician and neurologist who discovered the theory of the reflex arc of the nervous system. This biography was written by his wife, Charlotte Hall.

Photograph of Walter Weir Galbraith

Walter Galbraith graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1914 with an MB, ChB. After serving during the First World War, Galbraith joined the surgical staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He remained at the Infirmary for the rest of his career, retiring from his position as Senior Consulting Surgeon in 1954.

Galbraith served as president of the College from 1950 to 1952.

Photograph of David Knox.

David Knox graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1872. He worked as a resident at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, after which he worked as a Demonstrator of Anatomy with Allen Thomson at Glasgow University until Thomson's retirement in 1877. He lectured in anatomy at several of Glasgow's institutues including Haldane's Academy of Art (precursor to the Glasgow School of Art) and the Royal Veterinary College.
In 1875 he became Dispensary Surgeon of the Glasgow Western Infirmary and also worked as part of the surgical staff of the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. He then moved on to become Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1892, becoming the first Professor or Surgery at St Mungo's College.

Knox was president of the College from 1909 to 1911.

Portrait of Peter Wright.

Wright gained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1765, after which he was admitted to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He became the first President of Anderson's University after its foundation in 1796.

Wright was president of the College on several occassions; 1771 to 1773, 1777 to 1779, 1785 to 1787, 1795 to 1797, and 1804 to 1806.

Portrait of Ian Anderson wearing presidential robes and medal.

Anderson gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1975. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1979. He served as a member of the College council from 1993, becoming Treasurer in 2005, and President of the College from 2009 to 2012.

Photograph of Stanley Galbraith Graham.

Stanley Graham graduated MB from Toronto University in 1916. After undertaking further study in Vienna, Graham worked with Professor Leonard Findlay at the University of Glasgow in clinical paediatrics. In 1930 he began to work on the wards of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital. He was appointed to the Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health at the University of Glasgow in 1947.

Graham was president of the College from 1954 to 1956.

Photograph of Andrew J Allison.

Andrew Allison graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1905 with MBChB and gained a BSc in Public Health in 1911. He focused the majority of his career on public health and medical jurispudence.

Allison became a fellow of the College in 1920 and served as president from 1952 to 1954.

Photograph of John Barlow.

John Barlow graduated MB, CM from the University of Edinburgh in 1875. He gained his MD in 1879, however he previously qualified to practice after sitting the MRCS in London in 1874. He initially focused his career on physiology being the assistant to Professor McKendrick at the University of Glasgow and the first Muirhead Demonstrator in Physiology at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary School of Medicine. He was also the Professor of Physiology in St Mungo's College. and lectured in physiology at the Technical College, the predecessor to the University of Strathclyde.

He then focused his career on practicing surgery. He became Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1892, eventually becoming Honorary Consulting Surgeon to the Infirmary in 1913.

Barlow became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1881 and served as president from 1913 to 1915.

Photograph of Geoffrey B Fleming.

Geoffrey Fleming graduated from the University of Cambridge BC in 1908, MB in 1910 and MD in 1914. Fleming worked as House Physician at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and the Glasgow Fever Hospitals. He also worked as Dispensary Physician at the Western Infirmary. After the First World War, where he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Fleming became Assistant Physician and later Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. Upon his retiral he became Consulting Physician to this hospital. In 1924 he was appointed Professor of Medical Paediatrics at the University of Glasgow.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1926 and was president from 1946 to 1948.

Photograph of J Souttar McKendrick.

John Souttar McKendrick studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and graduated MB, CM in 1896. He gained an MD in 1899 from the University and was awarded the University Gold Medal. He held Resident positions at both the Glasgow Western Infirmary and the Royal Maternity Hospital before he was appointed as a member of the Dispensary staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary in 1900. He became Assistant Physician to the Infirmary in 1909, a position that he held until 1922.

McKendrick was president of the College from 1939 to 1940, stepping down a year early due to illness.

Photograph of Robert M Buchanan.

Robert MacNeil Buchanan graduated MB, CM from the University of Glasgow in 1888 and became a Fellow of the then Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1895. He was assistant to Joseph Coats, chair of Pathology at Glasgow, and ultimately went to Europe after he graduated to undertake further studies in pathology and bacteriology. He became the first Lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of Glasgow and First Assistant to the Professor of Pathology in 1892. He also held the position of Chair of Medical Jurispudence at Anderson's Medical College.

Buchanan was president of the College from 1925 to 1927.

Photograph of William Alexander Sewell.

William Sewell gained his MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1909. Sewell held several surgical posts throughout his career. He was Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary and Assistant Dispensary Surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Sewell also worked as House Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Assistant Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Sewell became a Fellow of the College in 1926 and was president from 1944 to 1946.

Photograph of William R Snodgrass.

William Snodgrass graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in 1912 and MBChB in 1913. Soon after he worked as a medical officer in France during the First World War. After the War he was appointed as an extra dispensary physician at the Glasgow Western Infirmary, also taking up general practice in 1919. He gained his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1935. In 1942 he became Physician to the Wards at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was also Visiting Consulting Physician to the Glasgow Eye Infirmary and Physician to the Southern General Hospital.

Snodgrass became a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1920 , was Honorary Librarian from 1933 to 1946 and president from 1948 to 1950.

Photograph of James Hogg MacDonald.

James MacDonald graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1899 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1911.

MacDonald was president of the College from 1942 to 1944.

Photograph of Roy Frew Young.

Roy Frew Young graduated in arts and medicine from Cambridge University. He worked alongside Sir George Beatson at the Glasgow Western Infirmary and JB Mackenzie Anderson at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1909 he became part of the Junior Surgical staff at the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

He served in France with the RAMC during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. After the War he became Assistant Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He also worked as Surgeon to the Royal Alexandra Infirmary and in 1924 he was made Visiting Surgeon to the Glasgow Western Infirmary.

Young was president of the College from 1940 to 1942.

Photograph of Dr John Henderson.

John Henderson graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1898 and began residency at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He joined the Visiting Staff of the Infirmary in 1902 after gaining his MD and in 1913 was appointed Physician of the Wards. As well as medical practice, Henderson had a passion for teaching medicine and worked for a time as Professor of Medicine at St Mungo's College. Henderson was made Consulting Physician of the Royal Infirmary in 1937 after stepping down from ward work.

He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1910. Henderson was president of the College from 1937 to 1939.

Photograph of Archibald Young.

Archibald Young qualified MB,CM from the University of Glasgow in 1895 after which he spent time in Europe continuing his studies. After returning to Glasgow he worked under great mentors, including Joseph Coats and Sir William Macewen. He spent much of his career working at the Western Infirmary, gradually working his way up the surgical posts from Extra Dispensary Surgeon in 1903 to Visiting Surgery to the Infirmary in 1917.

He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1913 and was made Professor of Surgery at Anderson College. Young was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1924–1939 and President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1935 to 1937.

Professor Young was president of the College from 1935 to 1937.

Photograph of Robert Barclay Ness.

Robert Barclay Ness graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1887. After working for some time in private practice, he became Dispensary Physician to the Glasgow Western Infirmary in 1895. In 1910 he became Visiting Physician to the Western Infirmary and was made Honorary Consulting Physician to the Infirmary upon his retirement in 1928. He also worked as Visiting Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

In 1893 he was appointed Professor of Materia Medica at Anderson College and in 1905 he became Professor of the Practice of Medicine.

Ness was president of the College from 1931 to 1933.

Photograph of James A Adams.

James Adams graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1878 and gained his MD in 1881. He became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1878. He worked within the anatomy department at the University of Glasgow alongside Professor John Cleland, as well as working as Surgeon to Out-Patients at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He also worked as a general practitioner during this time in the West-End of Glasgow. In 1892 he was appointed as Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Adams performed research into the anatomical relations between cerebral absesses and aural diseases. This research in part led to Macewen's pioneering work in using the mastoid antrum to access cerebral accesses. During the First World War Adams worked alongside William Macewen at the Princess Louise Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers.

Adams was president of the College from 1911 to 1913.

Photograph of Professor John Munro Kerr.

John Munro Kerr graduated from the University of Glasgow MB CM in 1890 and began specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. He was made Professorial Assistant to Murdoch Cameron, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow, in 1894. This involved working at the University of Glasgow and on the wards of the Royal Maternity Hospital and the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was made Visiting Surgeon at the Maternity Hospital in 1900.

Munro Kerr was elected to the chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Anderson College in 1910, then taking Muirhead chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow in 1911. His Assistant at this time was Louise McIlroy.

Munro Kerr was president of the College from 1933 to 1935.

Photograph of John Freeland Fergus.

John Fergus was educated at the University of Glasgow where he graduated MA in 1833, MB, CM in 1888 and MD in 1897. He spent much of his professional career as a physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Freeland Fergus was part of a prominent medical family, his father being Dr Andrew Fergus and his brother being Andrew Freeland Fergus.

He served as President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1929 to 1931.

Photograph of George H Edington.

George Edington started his medical training at King's College London, then continuing his studies at the Univeristy of Glasgow where he graduated MD in 1895.

He held the position of Professor of Surgery and Anatomy at both Anderson's College and the Western Medical School. He was assistant surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and also worked with Sir William Macewen at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was Honorary Physician to King George V from 1922 to 1927.

Edington was president of the College from 1927 to 1929.

Photograph of Professor Thomas K Monro.

Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro qualified in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1888, gaining his MD in 1895, going on to hold positions at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. After studying abroad for some time, Monro returned to Glasgow to become the pathologist at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He then worked as a physician at the Infirmary.

He was Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical Faculty at St Mungo's College. Then in 1913 he became Regius Professor of Practice of Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Monro was president of the College from 1923 to 1925.

Black and white photograph of William Gibb Dun.

Willian Dun graduated from the University of Glasgow MB, CM in 1877 and gained his MD in 1880. He was House Physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and House Surgeon to the Western Infirmary. In 1881 he became assistant to the Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Glasgow, teaching students on the wards of the Western Infirmary.

Dun was president of the College from 1921 to 1923.

Black and white photograph of Mr Henry E Clark.

Henry Clark began his medical education at Anderson's College and the University of Glasgow, qualifying in 1870. He worked as Assistant Surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary. He was later promoted to Surgeon of both of these hospitals. He became Professor of Surgery at St Mungo's College in 1892.

He was made a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1876 and was president from 1903 to 1905.

Black and white photograph of Ebenezer Duncan.

Ebenezer Duncan received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1870 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1871.

He held his own private practice in the south side of Glasgow, where he campaigned for the establishment of a local hospital. The Glasgow Victoria Infirmary in the south side was opened in 1890. Duncan became Physician to the Infirmary and held this position until his retirement.

Duncan was president of the College from 1915 to 1918.

Black and white photograph of DR Andrew Fergus.

Andrew Fergus began his medical studies at King's College, London. In 1845 he gained a license to practice medicine by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1851 and received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1866.

Fergus was president of the College from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1886.

Black and white photograph of Robert Perry.

Robert Perry was the son of Robert Perry Snr, president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from 1843 to 1845. Perry Jr graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MD in 1851. After a time studying in Europe, Perry became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1858. He worked as a physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for over twenty years and worked at several Convalescent Homes around the city.

Perry was president of the College from 1889 to 1891.

Black and white photograph of William Louden Reid.

William Louden Reid graduated MB, CM from the University of Glasgow in 1866, and had acted as a dresser to Joseph Lister as a student. He gained his MD in 1869 and became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1877. In the same year he began working as a physician at the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.

He held several other position in Glasgow during his career; Obstetric Physician to the Royal Maternity Hospital, Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Children in the Anderson College, Gynaecologist to the Western Infirmary and Consulting Surgeon to the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women.

He became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1931. Reid served as their President from 1905-1907.

Black and white photograph of John Glasiter.

Dr John Glaister graduated MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 1879 and immediately pursued a career in Forensic Medicine and Public Health. In 1881 he began working at the medical school of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary teaching Forensic Medicine. He then moved in 1888 to St Mungo's College where he became Professor of Forensic Medicine. He held this position until 1898, moving to the University of Glasgow to become the Chair of Forensic Medicine and Public Health.

Glaister was a Fellow of the College and was president from 1907 to 1909.

Black and white photograph of Bruce Goff.

Dr Bruce Goff graduated from the University of Glasgow with an M.D. in 1853, after which he became a Fellow of the College and worked at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary as house surgeon under Dr Lawrie. After spending some time in Paris, he returned to Scotland and set up a practice in Bothwell.

Goff was president of the College from 1894 to 1897.

Photograph of David Yellowlees, past president of the College.

David Yellowlees graduated MD in 1857 from the University of Edinburgh. At the start of his career he worked at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as the assistant to William Gairdner. He also worked at the Royal Asylum of Edinburgh in Morningside. The majority of his career was spent as Physician Superintendent of the Royal Asylum of Glasgow at Gartnavel, becoming a leader in the care of mental diseases.

Yellowlees was president of the College from 1892 to 1894.

Photograph of Gavin B Shaw, standing in a group photo.

Gavin Shaw graduated from the University of Glasgow BSc in 1939 and MBChB in 1942. After serving in the Royal Naval Reserve during WW2, Shaw became Clinical Tutor in Medicine to the Regius Professor of the University of Glasgow. He held this position until 1948. He then became Senior Registrar in Medicine at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. In 1963 he became Consultant Physician and Cardiologist in charge of the wards at the Southern. He held this position until his retirement in 1984.

He was president of the College from 1978 to 1980.

Photograph of Archibald B Kerr, standing in a group photo.

Archibald Kerr graduated from the University of Glasgow in Medicine in 1929. Early in his career he was Surgeon to Out-Patients at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and was assistant to Roy Frew Young.

In 1945, after the Second World War, he became Assistant Surgeon at the Wester Infirmary and was Surgeon to the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley the year after. Due to his work at Paisley, the hospital began to hold clinical classes for students at the University of Glasgow. From 1954 to his retirement in 1972 he worked as Consultant Surgeon in charge of the wards at the Western Infirmary.

Kerr was president of the College from 1964 to 1966.

Photograph of Past Presidents of the College.

Standing: James McArthur, Arthur Kennedy, Sir Thomas Thomson, Sir Donald Campbell, Mr Ian McGregor, Dr Gavin Shaw.

Front row: Dr Robert Hume, Professor Edward McGirr, Professor Norman MacKay, Sir Andrew Watt Kay, Sir Ferguson Anderson.

Portrait of Professor Frank Dunn wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Dr Dunn was educated at St Aloysius College and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated in Medicine in 1970. His postgraduate training was at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the University of Oklahoma. He subsequently was appointed as a staff physician at the Ochsner Medical Institutions in New Orleans and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University (1980-83).

He returned to Glasgow as a Consultant Cardiologist at Stobhill Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, and then became Clinical Director of Cardiology at Stobhill (1994-2000) and North Glasgow Hospitals (2000-2006) NHS Trusts.

Professor Dunn was President of the College from 2012 to 2015.

Photograph of James H Hutchison, seated wearing the President's robes and medal.

James Hutchison graduated from the University of Glasgow MBChB in 1934. In 1938 he became Assistant Visiting Physician at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow after working as there as the McCunn Research Scholar for two years. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War, returning to Glasgow afterwards to take up the position of Physician at the Sick Children's Hospital and Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Mternity Hospital. In 1961 he became the Samson Gemmell Professor of Child Health at the University of Glasgow.

He was President of the College from 1966 to 1968.

Photograph of Edward McCombie McGirr, seated wearing ceremonial robes.

Edward McGirr graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in 1937 and MBChB with honours in 1940. After serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War McGirr worked in the University Department of Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary following his interests in internal medicine, endocrinology and nuclear medicine. In 1961 he became the Muirhead Chair of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1974.

He was President of the College from 1970 to 1972.

Photograph of Sir Andrew Watt Kay, seated wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Andrew Watt Kay studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating MBChB with honours in 1939. He then gained his MD with honours in 1944 and ChM with honours in 1949. In 1956 he undertook the position of Consultant Surgeon at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He then suceeded Sir Charles Illingworth at the University of Glasgow as the Regius Professor of Surgery in 1964.

Kay was President of the College from 1972 to 1974.

Photograph of Sir W Ferguson Anderson, seated wearing the presidential robes and medal.

Ferguson Anderson graduated MCChB with honours from the University of Glasgow in 1936. and was awarded MD with honours in 1942. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW2 and was appointed a Major from 1941 to 1946. After the War he became Senior Lecturer in the Department of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the University of Glasgow. He was also Assistant Physician to the University Medical Clinic in Stobhill Hospital. After time working in Cardiff, Ferguson Anderson returned to Glasgow to take up the position of Physician in Geriatric Medicine to Stobhill Hospital and Adviser in Diseases of Old Age and Chronic Sickness to the Western Regional Hospital Board.

In 1961 he was awarded the OBE and was knighted in 1974.

Ferguson Anderson was President of the College from 1974 to 1976.

Photograph of Sir Robert B Wright, seated in a group photo.

Wright graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1934 wtih a BSc, MBChB with Honours in 1937, ChM in 1953 and LLD in 1981. After the Second World War he worked at the Glasgow Western Infirmary as Assistant Surgeon. He then became Surgeon in Charge at the Southern General Hospital in 1953. He held this position until his retirement in 1980.

He was President of the College from 1968 to 1970.

Photograph of James Finlayson.

Finlayson initially studied Arts at the University of Glasgow in the 1856-1857 session. After a few years working in business with his father, he decided on a career in medicine, beginning his studies at Anderson's College in 1862 and moving to Glasgow University in 1863. He graduated MB, CM in 1867. He received his MD two years later.

He was assistant to Sir William Tennant Gairdner in 1871 while Gairdner was Regius Professor of Medicine at Glasgow. In 1875 Finlayson became Physician of the Glasgow Western Infirmary, a post he held until his death.

In 1877 he was elected as Honorary Librarian of the Faculty, a position he held for 25 years. He was President of the Faculty from 1900 to 1903.

Photographic portrait of Stanley Alstead, seated in robes and wearing the College President medal.

Alstead studied at Liverpool University and junior positions in Liverpool, Birmingham and Salford. He became Pollok Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Glasgow in 1932 while he was on the dispensary staff at the Western Infirmary. In 1948 he became Regius Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Glasgow, taking charge of a clinical unit at Stobhill General Hospital.

He was President of the College from 1956 to 1958.

The Balham Mystery: or, the “Bravo” poisoning case. Charles Bravo was a British lawyer who was fatally poisoned with antimony in 1876. The case is still sensational, notorious and unresolved. The case is also known as The Charles Bravo Murder and the Murder at the Priory. It was an unsolved crime committed within an elite Victorian household at The Priory, a landmark house in Balham, London.

A photograph of straight bone forceps, with a circular joint and broad-fluted handles.

Small booklet for the 78th "Battleaxe" Division of the British Army. Inside the booklet are two small lapels with the insignia of the division. These items belonged to Dr John Buchanan Barr, a doctor and general practitioner who served during the Second World War with the "Battleaxe Club".

A small booklet of postcards depicting illustrations of Tahiti. This booklet once belonged to Sir William Macewen.

A series of photographs of a boxed set containing a Nebu Chamber non-electrostatic spacer for use with Astra inhalers. Includes the metal chamber, 2 mouthpieces, 2 carry cases and a face mask for infants.

A graduation gown with a yellow/gold hood. This gown was previously owned by Professor T.C. White.

A photograph of a double blunt hook retractor with a grooved handle.

A group of bone forceps, also known as "Lion" forceps. Each forcep has a screw joint and broad grooved handles.

Photograph of a duck-bill type vaginal speculum, also known as Fergusson's pattern.

Photograph of a Sim's pattern duck-bill type vaginal speculum.

Photograph of a self-retaining rectractor, mainly for abdominal work.

A photograph of an anaesthetic drop bottle with a regulating stopper.

The Book of Glasgow, which was published on behalf of the 20th annual meeting of the British Medical Association.

A photograph of a leather case with velvet lining containing a stitching instrument handle with cotton reel attachment, 4 needles, a cleaner and 3 cotton reels.

Photograph of a rectangular hinged box with a press clip catch. Covered in black faux shagreen paper. The hinged lid is lined with padded blue silk. The base has a fitted base for the contents, lined with blue velvet.

Photograph of a soft canvas bag based dissection kit. Consisting of 2 incomplete packs of surgical blades, 3 sets of tweezers, 1 probe, 2 pairs of scissors and 2 blade handles.

A photograph with a pair of glass funnels, internally fluted.

Photograph of Mr Andrew James Hutton with Red Cross Auxilliary on his right and nurse from Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service on his left.

A photograph of a pair of probable inflation spigots, used to enable a Foley-type catheter to be deflated quickly if required.

Photograph of a metal nasal speculum used in ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) area.

Photogtraph of an ophthalmoscope. It has 14 lenses, and is probably of the Swanzy type.

A photograph of a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) containing oxitropium bromide. In a cardboard box.

Photograph of a serevent diskhaler dry powder inhaler (DPI) (50 mcg salmeterol).

Photograph of a set of forceps with easily-detaching arms, and wood-clad handles.

A photograph of a completed film tin containing 16 mm film with soundtrack, showing the birth of quadruplets, possibly in Duke Street Hospital or Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

A photograph of a stainless steel bedpan used by patients

A photograph of ceramic urinal bottle with handle, used by patients.

Notebook on roots by iteration, originally bound, now loose pages numbered 99-220, with some original binding existing.

Notebook on operative algebra covering topics of basic trigonometry.

A hand-blown round bottomed glass flask with an irregular blown neck. No closure is present and the use is unknown.

A photograph of a hand-blown round-bottomed glass flask with an irregular blown neck. No closure is present and the use remains unknown.

A photograph of a glass, discoid apparatus, designed to be fitted with a rubber teat.

A photograph of a vaginal pipe for irrigation.

A photograph of a small flask. The neck has been ground to receive a stopper, which is missing.

A box for Southey's trochar and tubing. The box conatins an explanatory/advertising insert leaflet regarding Dr. Southey's Improved Drainage Trochar.

A photograph of a tendon hammer. It contains a black vulcanite handle, with a nickel-plated discoid head. The head is protected with a ring of black rubber.

A Keeler Magnatone 2 binaural stethoscope with black tubing.

A photograph of 5'' and 7'' stainless steel straight artery forceps.

Several photograph that shown a box of glass microscope slides for the study of bacteriology.

A photograph of a binaural stethoscope with yellow tubing.

A series of photographs of a needle container for carrying suture needles in a pocket case, a red leather bound, with paper and cloth interior leaves. Containing thirteen curved suture needles of varying sizes.

A photograph of a pair of reflex hammers with plastic handles and a tapered tip for plantar reflex testing.

Pair of pince-nez spectacles held within a small leather case.

Set of dental forceps in a leather-wrap case.

Casebook of Dr Alexander Finlayson of cases in Demerara, British Guiana. Includes several illustrations of cases.

Photograph of a nurse and young patient on Ward 2 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

A photograph of one of the wards at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Standing second from the left is Mr Adams.

Pamphlet with information on Cheltenham as a health resort location.

Pamphlet with information on Bath as a health resort location.

A photograph of a retinoscope mirror, matt black in color.

A photograph of two lens with different diameter.

A photograph of two convex lenses with a black metal rim, retained in the lid of the case.

A photograph of a small pocket-sized non-illuminated ophthalmoscope contained in its own lined case, covered with black shagreen, and radiused at both ends. It is lined with purple velvet and has three recesses in the base to accept the ophthalmoscopes, bone handle and a spare lens.

A series of photographs of first aid items like bandages, dressings, safety pins and a face mask .

A photograph of a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle. This is the seventh surgical scalpel in the case set.

A photograph of the sixth surgical scalpel in the cased set of Hernia Repair Instruments. The scalpel has a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle.

A photograph of the fifth surgical scalpel in a set of Hernia Repair Instruments, with a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle.

A photograph of a hernia suture needle with a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle. The fourth surgical scalpel in the Hernia Repair Instruments.

A photograph of a hernia bistoury with a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle. The third surgical scalpel in the Hernia Repair Instruments.

A photograph of a curved bistoury with a steel blade rivetted into a dark wooden handle. The second surgical scalpel in the Hernia Repair Instruments.

A photograph of a curved bistoury with a steel blade, the first surgical scalpel in the Hernia Repair Instruments, rivetted into a dark wooden handle.

A case that is constructed of solid mahogany, with some brass decoration on the outer surface, containing 8 surgical instruments.

A series of photographs of a small wooden (probably pine) case with pressed brass hinges and catch. The case has an interior wooden slotted fitting to accommodate two steel instruments. Ayer's or "Vienna Pattern" Tarsal Cyst forceps is used together with double-ended spoon curette curetting eyelid cysts (Meibomian or Chalazion cysts). These instruments are used to define the cyst and locate it securely for excision. The steel ring also provides effective pressure haemostasis. It has central screw device to compress the arms of the forceps together in place to provide location and compression.

A series of photographs depicting a Cytoscope set.

Photograph of a silver medal, likely used to represent the nobility.

A series of photographs of an Archibald Goodall Prize medal.

A photograph of forceps, use remains unknown.

A photograph of a glove stretcher. This item provided the inspiration for Professor Ian Donald's electronic ovulation detector.

Photograph of a hearing aid which used to belong to Mrs Audrey Mary Gilchrist (nee Todd), 1925-2013) of Hull, East Yorkshire.

A photograph of a box of grain weights.

A series of photographs of a diagnostic set and parts within, made in Britain.

A series of photographs of a diagnostic set and parts within, made in Britain.

A photograph of a medal awarded to John Campbell in dental histology.

A photograph of a facemask made of malleable rubber, with an inflatable pad. The size of this one is small, for paediatric use.

Photograph of the lamp carrier and lamp of a laryngoscope.

Photograph of a ratchetted mouth gag, most likely of the Doyen's type. It is of adult size with straight ordinary jaws.

Rab and his friends book with colour illustrations,.

Rab and his friends illustrated book, 5th edition.

Black and white photograph of the Glasgow Lock Hospital on Rottenrow.

Letter from Harry Rainy to William Mackenzie . Rainy has decided to stay in London rather than going to Paris in order to see the Lock Hospital and Eye Infirmary.

Photograph of a visit of Santa Claus organised by the Rotary Club to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

This portrait was painted digitally using an Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro with Adobe Photoshop Sketch and Adobe Fresco software, and is based on an iPhone photograph taken by its creator at the 8 January 2020 meeting of the RCPSG Senior Fellows’ Club (SFC). It is the first purely digital artwork in the College’s collection.

David Smith FRCS was Chair of the SFC from 2015 to 2020. His varied roles within the RCPSG started when he was elected first Junior/Trainee member of Council in 1973. He served as Vice-President (Surgical) from 2000 to 2002.

The artist, Andrew Tannahill FRCP, served as SFC Honorary Secretary from 2016 to 2024.

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Miss McLaren, Superintendent of Laundry and later Matron of the Ophthalmic Institution in centre left.

Photograph of laundry workers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Group photograph of staff in the conservatory of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Photograph of a surgical theatre on the 5th floor of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Three nurses are standing in the theatre, with Sister Craig standing at the table.

Photograph of the front of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary with a dummy clock erected. Comment on back of photograph reads "After discussion agreed not to erect a clock. Major Garroway very annoyed and left meeting."

Photograph of a hospital ward in Etaples, France, during the First World War.

Photograph of Sir Charles Ballance and Harvey Cushing at an Honorary Degree Ceremony at the University of Glasgow.

A photograph of student nurses receiving training at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of the Old College Bell brought by Major Garroway from the Old College that was on the High Street. The beel was gifted to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Group photograph Railway Ambulance Corps. Dr John Kennedy was a lecturer to the ambulance corps at Queen Street and Buchanan Street railway stations. He also acted as examiner of classes under the St Andrews Ambulance Association.

Photograph of the Funeral of Nurse Kate Bell, the last of Lord Lister's nurses who worked with him at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Wishart Street is to the left of the procession, Dr Thom is walking beside the hearse.

Exposition anatomique des organes des sens : jointe a la névrologie entiere du corps humain, et conjecture sur l'électricité animale

Statistics of Glasgow Lock Hospital since 1805 : with remarks on the contagious diseases acts, and on syphilis

Caricature by W. Thomson of Mr Pringle doing a ward visit.

Photograph of Scottish dancers and a piper performing at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Book discussing the trial and execution of Mary Queen of Scots.

Series of caricatures and sketches by O.H. Mavor (James Bridie)

Sent to Dr Bill Thomson from son James Mavor as thanks for writing an obituary in the Herald.

Prince Albert (later King George VI) to Macewen, thanking Macewen for attending on him and for wedding present of Persian rugs. Also contains envelope.

List of members of John Hunter's establishments at Leicester Square, Castle Street and Earl's Court in 1792 and an account of John Hunter's outgoings before his death including a "Great Drawbridge and slope made to let the Chariot down from the street" which cost more than £6,000.

Executor's Accounts on the estate of John Hunter, 1793-1808

Account with Geo & Wm Nicol for publications of John Hunter, 1794-1800

Bills for the museum,1794-1800

Account of Sir Everard Home's publications with G & Wm Nicol, Pall Mall and Messrs Payne and Foss, 1816-1822

Photographic portrait of a young William Macewen

A letter from a male physician in the country, to the author of the female physician in London : plainly shewing that for ingenuity, probity, and extraordinary productions, he far surpasses the author of the narrative. To which is added, a short dissertation upon generation, whereby every child-bearing woman may be satisfied, that 'tis as impossible for women to generate and bring forth rabbets, as 'tis impossible for rabbets to bring forth women.

"On the case of Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits, and on Nathaniel St. Andre, who wrote 'A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets'."

Saducismus triumphatus, or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions : in two parts : the first treating of their possiblity, the second of their real existence

A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye

Authentic narrative of the death of Lord Nelson : with the circumstances preceding, attending, and subsequent to that event. The professional report on his Lordship's wound, and several interesting anecdotes

A curious herbal : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life

Copy of "On Vaccine Inoculation" by Robert Willan

Certificate authorising John Kennedy to perform public vaccinations.

Letter from Edward Jenner to Col Brisbane on vaccine inoculation.

“Dr Jenner presents compliments to Col. Brisbane and has enclosed one of Mr Creaser’s papers on the mode of conducting the process of vaccine inoculation. It contains information that may prove [especially] useful to those practitioners who have not had it in their power to obtain a correct knowledge of it.”

The Vaccination Inquirer and Health Review. Vol. XXXVI

The eighteenth annual report of the National Anti-Vaccination League,
presented to members and delegates at the annual conference, Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Thursday March 19th, 1914. 50 pages, 22cm, letterpress.

Small vaccinator of ivory and metal.

Syringe in leather-covered case

Small metal lancet case with four lancets

Silver lancet case to hold six lancets; attached label reads "Vaccination knives presented by David Tindal".

Pictured here is a smallpox vaccinator from the 19th century, used to vaccinate members of the public against smallpox.

Reprinted from the Co-operator and Anti-Vaccinator ; an address delivered in the Town Hall, Manchester, at the Annual Meeting of the Anti-Vaccination League, June 28, 1870.

A first editon of Jenner's "An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae", the monumental book of his career where he documents the use of cowpox to protect agains smallpox.

Urinometer held in cylindrical card and leather case, used to measure the specific gravity of urine.

Dressing forceps, inscribed 'A. COX & SONS' and 'HM GOVT.'

Dissecting forceps, fluted with sharp teeth.

Nasal irrigator, used to clear nasal passages.

Schimmelbusch mask, used to administer anaesthetic to a patient. Designed to prevent gauze, which had been doused in anaesthetic, from irritating the patient's skin. The Schimmelbusch mask's rim is trough-shaped to collect excess anaesthetic.

Blue glass drop bottle with glass stopper, used for the administration of ether.

Blue litmus paper in a cardboard box, with label reading 'BLUE LITMUS BOOKS; ONE DOZEN.' Litmus paper is used as a pH indicator, blue litmus paper stays blue in neutral and alkaline solutions, however turns red in acidic solutions.

Red litmus paper in a cardboard box, with label reading 'RED LITMUS BOOKS; ONE DOZEN.' Litmus paper is used as a pH indicator, red litmus paper stays red in acidic and neutral solutions, however turns blue in alkaline solutions.

45-degree curved plugger with ebony bulb handle, inscribed 'Hallam London.' Used for applying filling material to a tooth cavity.

A curved surgical knife used for hernia repair surgery.

Lancet with wooden handle, inscribed with the letter 'I.'

Three bobbin tank, holding silk suture thread.

A letter of correspondence from Joseph Lister on Dr Peter Paterson's experiments on humans with tuberculosis vaccine, and on the simplification of his sterilisation procedure.

Sterile, non-capillary, non-boilable, silicone-treated silk suture in plastic packet. Complete with atraumatic needle.

Syringe for urethral injections to treat venereal diseases.

Syringe for urethral injections to treat venereal diseases.

Syringe for urethral injections to treat venereal diseases.

Boots viule syringe in a metal case with 'hospital' written on the lid. Case also holds two glass containers with needles inside.

Syringe designed for use with viules or other medical cartridges. Adaptable for use with most hypodermic syringes.

Scotia gut suture in a brown paper envelope, printed with red text reading 'SCOTIA GUT; [Made in Scotland]; FOR SURGEONS USE; J. GARDNER & SON, Surgical Instrument Makers to The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; 32 FORREST ROAD, EDINBURGH'

Heat resisting glass syringe with glass piston and metal nozzle.

Aseptic hypodermic syringe with hypodermic needles, in a black leather-covered case. On the inside of the case the manufacturer's details are printed, reading 'ARCHD. YOUNG & SON; 57 to 61, FORREST ROAD EDINBURGH.'

A pair of miniature forceps.

Glass syringe with glass piston and metal pentagon-shaped head with nozzle.

Bonney's dissecting forceps, with the inscription 'stainless.'

Johnson's sterile single use syringe in plastic bag. A card, also held in the plastic bag, provides information and instructions for use, reading 'STERILISED BY GAMMA RADIATION 2.5 MRADS; CERTIFIED STERILE AFTER BACTERIOLOGICAL TESTING AND GUARANTEED IF PACKAGE REMAINS UNDAMAGED; TO OPEN - CUT BAG'

Cut out newspaper article on Murdo Morrison, a previous patient of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Handwritten note by Dr Dale on ex-patients of Mearnskirk Hospital and their subsequent careers.

Group photo of patients of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Signed photographic portrait of a previous patient of Mearnskirk Hospital.