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A photograph of staff outside the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, c. 1900

An exterior view of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Aerial view of new Infirmary buildings as seen from Garngadhill/Roystonhill on the opposite side of the M8 motorway

Photograph of a ward in the Lister Block at the GRI

Photograph of a medical ward in the old Glasgow Royal Infirmary building

Photograph of Ward 1 in the Lister Block at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Dr Fife in the centre of the group.

Photograph of a ward in the Lister Block at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of a ward in the Lister Block at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of a ward in the Lister Block at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of a ward in the Lister Block at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of a group of 5 children, patients at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph of a ward in the old Infirmary. Dr John Henderson 2nd from left

Photograph of the medical ward in the Adams Block of Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photograph showing a front view of the old infirmary, which was built in 1794 and taken down in 1912

Photograph showing patients in the waiting room of the dispensary at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Known as the Gatehouse, this became the busiest casualty department in Glasgow. Staff from the Infirmary's surgical units worked here one day per week (before the role of A&E doctors was established). The patients' details were recorded by the Gate Porter.

Photograph of a medical ward at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, c 1920.

Photograph showing the east-facing side of Glasgow Royal Infirmary as seen from the Necropolis,

Two photographic prints of an elderly man. Found in Cutaneous Medicine by Louis A. Duhring c. 1895

Photograph of a nurse with a baby, found inside a library book.

Photograph of old woman found in "The Selected Papers of Joseph Baron Lister Vol.II", Oxford Press, 1909

Photograph of wax bust (John Hunter) with inscription on back "Photo of wax belonging to late W. Gemmell given me by RMB 6/8/20" found in "Two Great Scotsmen: the brothers William and John Hunter" by George R. Mather, Glasgow, 1893.

Photograph album compiled by Miss A.J. Allan. Includes photographs relating to Govan Cottage Hospital including one of Dr J. Macewen, the Scottish Women's Hospital, Salonika (the first women's volunteer hospital going from Glasgow to Salonika) and Caldergrove Voluntary Hospital.

Photograph of Dr A.K. Bowman and a nurse (possibly his wife, Mary?) attending to an elderly female patient. Inscription on reverse: “Anne with love – Christmas 1956. Dad”

Portrait photograph of Dr A.K. Bowman

Seated half-length in a black coat and grey trousers.

Livingstone funded his own medical studies at Anderson's University in Glasgow by working as a tradesman cotton spinner. He moved to London to enter the London Missionary Society and further his medical studies in the London hospitals. In 1840 he became a licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and was ordained a missionary in the same year.

Although set to serve as a missionary in China, he was instead sent to South Africa. Here he worked and travelled as a medical missionary for many years.

This portrait was purchased by the Faculty in 1875. It is an 'enlarged photograph by Mr Thomas Annan coloured in oil' and cost 30 guineas. The photograph was taken in 1864, and the image was coloured in oil after Livingstone's death.

Thomas Annan had already established a reputation as one of Scotland's leading photographers when he was commissioned by the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust to take photographs of the closes and wynds of old Glasgow that were scheduled for demolition under the Glasgow City Improvements Act of 1866. Thirty-one photographs were taken. Two editions of these photographs were produced from the collodion negatives in the years following the completion of the commission. The original series of prints used the albumen process and were created in limited numbers. In 1878, as a result of demand from a number of institutions, the Trustees had a second edition of 100 published, with an additional nine photographs. This edition used Joseph Swan's carbon print process for which Annan had secured exclusive usage rights for Scotland in 1866.

xvi, 289 pages, [103] leaves of plates

Photographic portrait of Dr Robert Scott Orr.

Orr graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1840. Soon after he moved to Glasgow to work at the Royal Lunatic Asylum at Gartnavel alongside Dr Hutchison. After this he became Medical Superintendent at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He then remained Visiting Physician to the Infirmary until his retirement .

Orr was president of the College from 1880 to 1883.

Dr J. Maxtone Thom entering the cathedral. (Dr Maxtone Thom was appointed Superintendent of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 1 May 1902)

Photograph of Dr J. Maxtone Thom, Superintendent to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and an unknown man.

Group photograph of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Nursing staff with Dr J. Maxtone Thom, Superintendent.

Mr Henry Rutherford (1861-1929) with his surgical team in the Surgical Operating Theatre at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Mr Rutherford is 6th from the right.

Photographic portrait of Dr James Adams, MD FFPSG LRCS Edin

Photographic portrait of Dr A.D.Anderson, MD FFPSG FRCS Eng

Photographic portrait of Dr Andrew Anderson.

Andrew Anderson studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, gaining an MD in 1839. He was Professor of Institutes of Medicine at the Anderson University, which was established by his grandfather. He also held the Chair of the Practice of Medicine at the same institute. Anderson worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary alongside William Mackenzie. He also worked as a consulting physician in Glasgow.

Anderson was became a Fellow of the College in 1840 and was president from 1868 to 1870.

Photographic portrait of Dr Thomas McCall Anderson, MD FFPSG, physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr John Barrie, MD LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Andrew Buchanan.

Buchanan studied medicine in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and abroad. In 1835 he became a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He also held the position of Chair of the Institutes of Medicine at the University of Glasgow for a large portion of his career. In 1828 he founded the Glasgow Medical Journal, a local journal for publishing clinical cases and news.

Buchanan was president of the College from 1877 to 1880.

Photographic portrait of Dr John Burns, MD FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Sir Hector Clare Cameron, MD MB CM FFPSG, former president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1897-1900)

Photographic portrait of Dr John Campbell, MD FRCS Edin LRCS Edin FFPSG MRCS Eng

Photographic portrait of Dr John B Cowan, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Daniel Dougal, MD FFPSG LFPSG LRCP Lond

Photographic portrait of Dr William Eadie, MD LRCS Edin FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Joseph Fleming, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr William T. Gairdner, MD FRCP Edin., physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr James Gemmel, MD CM FFPSG, Senior Assistant Apothecary at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Bruce Goff, MD FFPSG, House Surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and former president of RCPSG (1894-1897)

Photographic portrait of Dr William Graham, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr James St Clair Gray, MB CM

Photographic portrait of Dr James Gray, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Thomas Brown Henderson, MD, MB LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr H.R.Howatt, MD FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr James Jeffray, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Adam Lawson Kelly, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Hugh Kennedy

Photographic portrait of Dr William Leishman, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG, physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Alexander Lindsay, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr William Lyon.

William Lyon qualified by gaining his license from the then Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1816, becoming a Fellow in 1828. He became Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1844 and Lecturer of Surgery at the Portland Street Medical School. He gained an honorary MD from the University of Glasgow in 1859.

Lyon was president of the College from 1860 to 1862.

Photographic portrait of Dr William McGill, MD LRCP Edin. FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr James D. MacLaren, MD LRCS Edin FFPSG, physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr George H.B. MacLeod, MD FRCS Edin. FFPSG LFPSG , surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr George Miller, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Hugh Miller, MD LFPSG LM

Photographic portrait of Dr D.S. Moore, MD LRCP Edin. LRCS, resident physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr James Morton.

Morton was from a family with little money so had to find the money himself to pay for his medical education. He initially studied medicine at Anderson's University and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1844. He went on to earn an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1845, after which he moved to Glasgow. In 1851 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and was Professor of Materia Medica at Anderson's University until 1888.

He worked as a surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the same time as Joseph Lister, but was not a supporter of Lister's work into antisepsis. He wasn't totally against the idea of antisepsis, but instead refused to believe that carbolic acid was the best solution to use as an antiseptic.

Morton was president of the College from 1886 to 1889.

Photographic portrait of Dr Henry Muirhead, MD LFPSG FFPSG, house surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr James Paterson, MD LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Joshua Paterson, MD CM FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Alexander Patterson, MD FRCS Edin. LRCS Edin. FFPSG, surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr John Pirie, MD FFPSG LRCS Edin.

Photographic portrait of Dr Harry Rainy, MD FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Thomas Reid, MD LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr William Rice, MD LRCP Edin. FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Charles Ritchie.

Charles Ritchie gained his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1839. He initially qualified through the licentiate examination at the then Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1815, going on to become a Fellow in 1827. He worked as a Senior Physician to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and also lectured at the School of Medicine at the hospital. He also worked for a time as Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children at Portland Street School of Medicine.

Ritchie was president of the College from 1862 to 1865.

Photographic portrait of Dr Alexander Robertson, MD, house surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr George Robertson,

Photographic portrait of Dr John Robertson

Photographic portrait of Dr Peter F Robertson, MD FFPSG, resident physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr John Ross, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Alexander R Simpson, MD FRCP Edin. FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Pierce Adolphus Simpson, MD FFPSG LRCP Edin. LRCS, physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Algernon Wood Smith, MD FFPSG LFPSG, resident surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr James Steven, MD LFPSG FFPSG, physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Peter Stewart, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Robert Stewart, MD FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr William D Stewart, MD LRCP Edin. LRCS

Photographic portrait of Dr Robert D. Tannahill, MD FFPSG LRCS Edin., physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr David Taylor, MD FFPSG LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Frank Thomson, MD FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Hugh Thomson, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr James Wallace, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG, house surgeon and house physician at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Ebenezer Watson.

Ebenezer Watson graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1846 having previouly graduated with an Arts degree. Watson worked as Surgeon to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for about thirty years and also held the position of Chair of Physiology at Anderson's College.

Watson was president of the College from 1872 to 1874.

Photographic portrait of Dr James Watson, MD FFPSG, former president of the RCPSG (1857-1860)

Photographic portrait of Dr James G. Wilson, MD FFPSG LFPSG FRCS Edin.

Photographic portrait of Dr George Buchanan, MD

Photographic portrait of Dr John Coats, MD

Photographic portrait of Dr John Gibson Fleming, MD FFPSG, former president of the RCPSG (1865-1867)

Photographic portrait of Dr William Weir, MD LFPSG FFPSG, surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of Dr Hugh Miller, MD LFPSG

Composite photograph of fellows of the Faculty taken from the portraits above with key to their names.

Photographic portrait of Alexander Duncan

Photographic portrait of Lawrence Hill, Clerk of the Faculty

Photographic portrait of William H. Hill, Clerk of the Faculty

Photographic portrait of Dr James Hislop, MD LFPSG

Photographic portrait of Dr Robert Watson, MD LRCS Edin. FFPSG, assistant surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Photographic portrait of John Wilson

Portrait of Alyson P.M. Wray, Vice President Dental 2010-13. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Bellshill in 1961, Alyson Patricia Mary Wray studied dentistry at the University of Glasgow from 1978-1983. She undertook vocational training in community dentistry and, after 2 more years in the CDS in Glasgow, was appointed as a Clinical Fellow, undertaking clinical trials for Unilever and completing her PhD.
She moved to Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati to focus on clinical research for 2 years, returning to Glasgow as a Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry and completing her specialist training in 1997. Appointment to a Consultant post followed in Glasgow Dental Hospital in 1999 and she became the Clinical Lead for Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics in 2004.
Dr Wray served the College in various roles including membership of the Specialist Advisory Board and the GDC's Specialist List Mediation Panel. She became the first female Vice-President of a UK Surgical Royal College in 2010, chairing the Joint Meeting of Dental Faculties and the Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Board from 2010 to 2013.

Portrait of M.A.O. Lewis, Vice President Dental 2007-10. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Michael Alexander Oxenham Lewis was born in Aylesbury in 1956 and qualified in dentistry at the University of Dundee in 1979. After completing NHS posts at Dundee Dental Hospital, he graduated FDS RCPSG in 1983.
Following a move to Glasgow, he gained a PhD from Glasgow University in 1987 and completed his specialist training in Oral Medicine in 1991. He was then appointed to a senior lectureship and honorary consultant position at the University Dental Hospital & School in Cardiff, becoming Professor of Oral Medicine in 2000 and Dean of the School of Dentistry in 2010, a post that he held until 2017.
He was President of the British Society for Oral Medicine (2004-06) and President of the British Society for Oral & Dental Research (2013-15). Until 2022 he served as the Faculty Representative in Wales promoting the College and hosting the MFDS examination in Cardiff. In 2020, he became a member of the General Dental Council.

Portrait of W.M.M. Jenkins, Vice President Dental 2004-07. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Glasgow in 1947 and raised in Dumfries, William Murdoch MacRae Jenkins graduated BDS from the University of Glasgow in 1970 and FDS RCPSG in 1974 before undertaking specialist training in Restorative Dentistry in Glasgow Dental Hospital (1974-78), with a six-month secondment to the Periodontology Department, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
He was appointed Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dental Hospital in 1978, then at Glasgow Dental Hospital in 1981. Active in research and education, he graduated DDS from the University of Glasgow in 1995 and co-authored two Periodontology textbooks. At the Glasgow Dental Hospital he was Clinical Director for Restorative Dentistry (1996-99).
For the College, he was Examination Co-ordinator for the final FDS (1987-99), Director of the Dental Examination Board (1999-2002), Chair of the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination Board in Restorative Dentistry (1999-2002) and a member of the GDC Specialist List Appeal Panel (1999-2002). He was President of Glasgow Odontological Society for 2008-09.

Portrait of D. MacDonald, Vice President Dental 2001-04. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Milngavie in 1942, Donald Gordon MacDonald attended the University of Glasgow, graduating BDS in 1964. He then embarked on a career in Oral Pathology as a university lecturer at the Glasgow Dental Hospital and School and in the University Department of General Pathology at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, also spending a year as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois.
In 1971, he became the first dental graduate to obtain the MRCPath diploma by examination. Oral cancer was his main research interest and he completed his PhD Thesis in 1973. He also developed expertise in forensic dentistry and became honorary forensic odontologist to Strathclyde Police.
In 1991 he was appointed Professor of Oral Pathology at the University of Glasgow and served as President of the British Society of Oral Pathology (1988-91), Vice-president of the Association of Head and Neck Oncologists of Great Britain and President of the International Association of Oral Pathologists in 2004.

Portrait of R. Reed, Dental Dean 1998-2001. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Raymond Thomas Reed graduated BDS from the University of Glasgow in 1962 and held junior posts in Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Nottingham prior to orthodontic training in 1965-66 at the Eastman Postgraduate Dental Institute. Having obtained the DOrth RCSEng, he was appointed Registrar at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge from 1966-69 during which time he graduated FDS RCPSG. He was Senior Registrar at Guy's Hospital from 1969-73 which included a secondment to the University of Toronto. In 1973, he was appointed Consultant Orthodontist for Wessex Regional Health Authority.
As Vice-Dean, he had a leading role in developing the intercollegiate MFDS examination and, when he took over as Dean, he was the first such leader whose workplace was wholly outwith Glasgow. After serving as Dean, he chaired the Joint Committee for Specialist Training in Dentistry and, later, became Postgraduate Dental Dean for Wessex, Chairman of the Consultant Orthodontists Group and a member of the General Dental Council.

Portrait of I.B. Watson, Dental Dean 1995-98. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Ian Buchanan Watson was born in Dumfries in 1946, attended Dumfries Academy and then studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating BDS in 1969. His other qualifications were PhD (University of Glasgow, 1979), FDS RCPSG (1973) and FDS RCSEng (2000).
After a broad training in hospital-based dentistry, he was appointed Senior Registrar in Restorative Dentistry in 1974 and then, in 1978, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. In 1986 he spent a year as a visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney.
Among the other positions Dr Watson held at the College were Secretary of Dental Council (1987-92) and Vice-Dean of the Dental Faculty (1992-95). On completion of his term as Dean, he was elected Chairman of the Joint Committee for Specialist Training in Dentistry (1999-2003) and served as a member of the Specialist Training Advisory Committee of the General Dental Council (1996-2003). He was President of Glasgow Odontological Society (2010-11).

Portrait of K.F. Moos, Dental Dean 1992-95. Framed photographic, colour, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in London in 1934, Khursheed Francis Moos qualified in dentistry from Guy’s Hospital Dental School in 1958, in medicine from University College Medical School in 1964 and, during his National Service in the RADC, he obtained the FDS RCSEng.
He pursued a career in oral and maxillo-facial surgery and was appointed Consultant in Warwick in 1969 and at Cannniesburn Hospital, Bearsden in 1974 where, with colleagues, he established a clinical service in maxillo-facial trauma and deformity, serving the whole of the West of Scotland. He developed an internationally renowned unit attracting outstanding trainees and visiting staff, making a major contribution to the development of the specialty world-wide.
As Dean of the Faculty, he promoted the Faculty’s overseas initiatives. He was appointed Honorary Professor by the University of Glasgow in1992 and was awarded an OBE in 1995. He continued to teach and supervise research after his retirement in 1999 and was awarded an Honorary FRCS by the College in 2007.

Portrait of D.A. McGowan, Dental Dean 1989-92. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

David Alexander McGowan was born in 1939 in Northern Ireland where he qualified BDS (QUB) in 1961 and MDS in 1970. He trained in Oral Surgery in Belfast and Aberdeen obtaining the FDS RCSEng and FFD RCSI.

He was appointed Lecturer in 1968 and Senior Lecturer in 1969 at the London Hospital Medical College, graduating with a PhD in 1978. Appointed to the Chair of Dental Surgery (later Oral Surgery) at the University of Glasgow in 1977, he served as Postgraduate Adviser, was the founding Director of the WSCPDE and subsequently chaired the Dental Committee of the SCPME where he piloted the introduction of dental vocational training.
He was Dean of the Glasgow Dental School (1989-93) and later served as Senate Assessor for medical subjects on the University Court and as Vice-President of the General Dental Council (1994-99). Professor McGowan was awarded an Honorary FDS RCSEd in1999.
Since retirement he has contributed to research into the history of dentistry.

Portrait of H.D. Campbell, Dental Convenor 1986-89. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Hugh Duncan Campbell was born in Paisley in 1924 and began his dental training after serving in the Second World War. After graduating BDS at the University of Glasgow, he spent one year as a house officer in the Dental Hospital and subsequently continued his training in Cardiff and Dundee, in due course obtaining the diplomas HDD (1961), FDS RCSEd and FDS RCPSG (1967).
He returned to Glasgow as a Consultant Dental Surgeon in 1966, based in the Dental Hospital but with responsibility for dental outpatients and oral surgery in-patients at the Victoria Infirmary, Mearnskirk Hospital and the Southern General Hospital. He also held monthly clinics in Campbeltown and Lochgilphead.
Outwith clinical oral surgery, he served as Chair of the Dental Hospital Advisory Committee and President of the Glasgow Dental Alumnus Association. He was President of the Glasgow Odontological Society for 1978-79. On approaching retirement, he was elected Convenor of Dental Council.

Portrait of A. Cockburn, Dental Convenor 1983-86. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Alexander Cockburn was born in Galashiels in 1928 and qualified in dentistry in Edinburgh in 1949.
Following National Service and a period in general practice he undertook postgraduate training in the three Scottish Dental Schools and was awarded the following diplomas: HDD, DDO, FDS RCPSG and FDS RCSEd.
He was Senior Registrar and subsequently Consultant in Orthodontics at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School with responsibility also for Argyll and Forth Valley. His primary interest was postgraduate training using the treatment methods of North America and Australia. Major advisory and administrative roles included the Chairmanship of the Scottish Committee for Hospital Dental Services, membership of the Scottish Office Advisory Committee for Dental Establishments and membership of the General Dental Council.
He was President of The Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland (1981-82) and of Glasgow Odontological Society (1989-90). In 1986, at the request of College Council he chaired a working party to explore the possibility of developing specialty postgraduate examinations in dentistry.

Portrait of A.F. Carmichael, Dental Convenor 1980-83. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Falkirk in 1926 but raised in Glasgow, Andrew Fleming Carmichael studied dentistry at Anderson College, later to become part of Glasgow University. He qualified LDS in 1949 and, following National Service, briefly joined a dental practice in Glasgow before appointment to a lecturer post in 1951 in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. In due course, he was appointed Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant and Head of the Child Dental Health Department.
In 1967, he was admitted FDS RCPSG and subsequently FDS RCSEd. Recognising the vital contribution of dental nurses, he led the development of formal training within the Dental Hospital and School from 1969. For the College, he held the offices of Secretary of Dental Council and Examination Co-ordinator for the MGDS. He was President of Glasgow Odontological Society (1970-71), President of the British Paedodontic Society in 1975, a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Community Dentistry (1981-86) and represented the College on the General Dental Council (1984-89).

Portrait of D.K. Mason, Dental Convenor 1977-80. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Paisley in1928, David Kean Mason graduated BDS from the University of St Andrews in 1951. After National Service in the RAF and working in Oral Surgery and Pathology at Dundee Dental Hospital, he studied medicine in Glasgow, graduating in 1962 while, at the same time, working in general dental practice and as a visiting dental surgeon, then senior registrar, at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.
In 1964 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Dental Surgery and Pathology. His salivary gland research led to an MD in 1967 at which time he was appointed Professor in the newly formed Oral Medicine Department, a post which he held until 1992 and during which time he was highly influential in the development of his specialty at home and abroad.
He was Dean of Dental Education at the University of Glasgow (1980-90) and President of the General Dental Council (1989-94). He was awarded a CBE in 1987 and a knighthood in 1992.

Portrait of J. Ireland, Dental Convenor 1974-77. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

James Ireland was born in Bonnybridge in 1915 and studied medicine and dentistry in Edinburgh, qualifying in both. He served in the RAF during the Second World War, became a lecturer at Birmingham University Dental Hospital and, in 1949, was appointed Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in charge of the Department of Conservative Dentistry at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. In 1964 he was appointed Professor and in 1976 he became Dean of Dental Education until his retirement in 1980.
He was instrumental in the establishment of the University’s Dental Branch Library and, when he retired, this was re-named the James Ireland Memorial Library. He also had a major role in the planning of the new Dental Hospital and School building which opened in Sauchiehall Street in 1970. He was President of Glasgow Odontological Society (1965-66).

Portrait of T.C. White, Dental Convenor 1972-74. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Falkirk in 1911, Thomas Cyril White qualified in dentistry and medicine in 1933 and 1935 respectively. Initially he worked as a dental anaesthetist in Glasgow but developed an interest in orthodontics leading, in 1936, to a post in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School and, in 1938, he was appointed Lecturer in Orthodontics. In due course, he received consultant grading and was appointed Professor of Orthodontics in 1961 and Dean of the Dental School in 1964 until his retiral in 1976.
He developed, along with Professor J Aitchison, a postgraduate qualification in orthodontics in 1948: The
Diploma in Dental Orthopaedics RCPSG was the first such qualification in the UK. He had a major role, with Professor J C MacDougall, in promoting the establishment of the FDS in 1967.
Professor White died in 1980. He bequeathed the residue of his estate to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow “for the furtherance of postgraduate dental education and research”.

Portrait of J.A. Russell, Dental Convenor 1969-72. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

John Aird Russell was born in 1921 in Eastwood, East Renfrewshire and served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve as a temporary dental surgeon during the Second World War receiving extensive training in oral surgery and anaesthetics. He also trained in North London under the pioneering maxillo-facial surgeon, Norman Rowe.
He was appointed to Glasgow Dental Hospital and School in 1958 as Consultant Dental Surgeon with duties at the City’s Western Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill.
He was a founding member of Dental Council before becoming it’s second Convenor in 1969. He was President of Glasgow Odontological Society (1976-77) and represented the College on the General Dental Council (1980-84).

Portrait of J.C. MacDougall, Dental Convenor 1967-69. Framed photographic, b&w, head and shoulders portrait.

Born in Glasgow in 1912, John Campbell MacDougall qualified in dentistry and medicine in 1934 and 1935 respectively. During the war he served in the dental branch of the RAF at Millfield and Lossiemouth.
Thereafter, he was in general dental practice in Glasgow and visiting surgeon at the Glasgow Dental Hospital and School where, in 1955, he was appointed Senior Lecturer, becoming Professor of Dental Surgery in 1964.
In 1967, the year Dental Council was established, he became its first Convenor and, in conjunction with his colleague, Professor T C White, he introduced the examination for Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Furthermore, together with his counterparts in the other three surgical Colleges, he formed the Joint Committee for Higher Training in Dentistry and helped to devise new rotational postgraduate training schemes in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School which served as a blueprint for training programmes elsewhere in the UK.

Photograph of glass bottles used by Joseph Lister when replicating the experiment of Louis Pasteur.

Two photographs of glass bottles used by Joseph Lister when replicating the experiment of Louis Pasteur.

Box of Kodak sheet film, containing the plans for an extension to a hospital (Professor Aitchison).

Series of photographs showing the visit of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of Dr Alexander Dale standing with Roy Rogers on his visit to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of actor, Roy Rogers, during a visit to patients at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of Dr Alexander dale walking with actress, Dale Evans, during her visit to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph showing Dr Alexander Dale with patients and staff of Mearnskirk Hospital, walking with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans during their visit.

Photograph showing Dr Alexander Dale with patients and staff of Mearnskirk Hospital, walking with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans during their visit.

A photograph of actor, Roy Rogers, visiting children at Mearnskirk Hospital. Also pictured is Dr Alexander Dale.

Photograph of actress, Dale Evans, visiting patients at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of actress, Dale Evans, with a patient and nurse during her visit to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of actress, Dale Evans, with staff and patients of Mearnskirk Hospital. Also pictured is Dr Alexander Dale (right).

Photograph of actor, Roy Rogers, paying a visit to Meanrskirk Hospital.

Photograph of Dr Alexander Dale and actress, Dale Evans, during her visit to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Miss Cuthill with patient Ian Sinclair who made a musical box out of spent matches for the 'Shield' competition.

Patient Ian Sinclair who made a musical box out of spent matches for the 'Shield' competition.

Mr Alfred Ellsworth with two boys from Bridgeton eating ice cream.

Alfred Ellsworth was a Glasgow philanthropisy and confectioner, who did a lot of charitable work in and around Glasgow. He arranged the visits of several celebrities to Mearnskirk Hospital, including Roy Rogers and Judy Garland.
Ellsworth founded a confectionary and biscuit company in Bridgeton after the Second World War.

Children playing on a swing with Terry Thomas at Mearnskirk Fete.

Patient of Mearnskirk playing guitar in bed.

3 patients of Mearnskirk Hospital playing instruments in the ward.

Mearnskirk patient playing guitar in bed.

Two patients of Mearnskirk Hospital playing instruments in the ward.

Photograph of a surgical theatre at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

The ‘Atlas of head sections’ consists of 53 engraved copperplates of frozen sections of the head. Every head section was cut by Macewen himself.

This photograph is of Barbara Watson, the first person to successfully survive a brain tumour removal operation in 1879.

This photograph is part of Macewen's surgical casebook in the archive collection.

A group photo of staff at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary taken in the hospital's conservatory.

A photograph of one of the laboratories at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Photograph of College President, Jackie Taylor, laying a wreath at the tombstone of the founder of the College, Maister Peter Lowe, at Glasgow Cathedral.

The scan was taken in 1968 by Dr Patricia Morley at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. Working with Professor Ian Donald, Dr Morley used an early Diasonograph 'B' scanner sited in the Radiology Department. The scan shows a renal cyst at the upper pole of the left kidney.

Photograph showing some of the architectural remnants of the Royal Maternity Hospital at Rottenrow in the city centre of Glasgow.

Photograph showing the entrance to the Glasgow Dental Hospital on Sauchiehall Street.

Series of photographs of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary from the viewpoint of Cathedral Square

Photograph showing remnants of a sign for the Glasgow Eye Infirmary at Sandyford Place.

Photograph showing part of the original building of the Gartnavel Royal Hospital. It was called the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum from 1843.

Black and white photograph of Sir Charles Wilson, Wilder Penfield, and Bryan Jennett at the opening of the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.

Photograph of the Victoria Infirmary in the south side of Glasgow

Photograph of Professor Kay dressed up as Lord Lister during the celebrations to mark the centenary of Lister's first antiseptic operation in Glasgow in 1865. Also in photograph are Sister Margaret Scott of the Royal Infirmary and 11 year old schoolboy Andrew Munro.

Photographs of the laying of wreaths at the base of the Lister Memorial in Kelvingrove Park

Photograph of William MacEwen in operating theatre. Note the white labcoats and rubber gloves, which were part of his movement away from antisepsis towards asepsis. Macewen is on the left and on the right is his colleague, James Hogarth Pringle.

Training for staff and patients on the use the underwater exercise bath at Mearnskirk Hospital

Children from Meanrskirk Hospital on a day trip to Ayr playing on the dodgems.

Photograph of children of Mearnskirk riding the steam engine Eugene.

Photograph of Judy Garland visiting Mearnskirk Hospital. Next to her is Mr Ellsworth, the hospital benefactor.

Photograph of the first patient admitted to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph from the Mearnskirk Collection showing a patient undergoing physiotherapy in the exercise bath.

Photograph of a doctor assisting a patient learning to walk again as a consequence of the infantile paralysis epidemic.

Photograph of a group of young patients receiving lessons from Miss Fergus at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of a group of patients being entertained by Hal Monty the balloon man at Meanskirk Hospital

"Willie Burns, who took up marquetry after having been encased in a plaster cast to treat spinal tuberculosis. Includes pictures of his work and of assistance from Sister Aird."

Patients at play with the cars on the grounds of Mearnskirk.

Photograph of a group of women country dancing at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of a patient receiving physiotherapy in the exercise bath

Photograph of a patient at Mearnskirk Hospital eating some of the hospital soup.

Miss Taylor with George Miller and Ed Loudon in the underwater exercise bath.

Photograph of a patient of Mearnskirk Hospital receiving a toy doll from her mother for Christmas.

Photograph of a patient on her hospital bed playing with a telephone

Photograph of a young patient at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Group photograph of nurses with Head Teacher, Miss Burns and patient of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Group photograph of student nurses at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photogrpah of a group of student nurses playing croquet on the grounds of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photographs of Sister Goodwin with patients from Pavilion 1 of Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of John Freeland Fergus mounted on penny farthing and Edward Oswald Fergus as starter.

Photograph of Frankie Vaughan, the fanous English singer, visiting a patient at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of Frankie Vaughan visiting a patient at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of star cast at the Pavilion Theatre, including Joy Carsell, during their visit to the patients of Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of the Red Cross and stars from the Pavilion Theatre with a patient at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of a nurse and a patient at the opening of the playground at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of nurses and patients playing on a swing in the new playground at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of attendees at the memorial. Photograph focuses on the Peter Pan statue erected in honour of Dr Wilson.

Photograph of patients having a picnic during their outing to Largs.

Photograph of a group of patients having a picnic during an outing to Largs.

Group of staff with a patient during Christmas celebrations at Mearnskirk Hospital

Staff enjoying the Christmas celebrations at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photographs of staff in the new Thoracic Unit at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of a doctor with a patient at the newly-opened Thoracic Unit at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of a nurse in one of the operating theatres of the newly-opened Thoracic Unit at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of patients receiving Heliotherapy on carriages along the verandah.

Photograph of nurse and patients on the grounds of Mearnskirk playing with hobby horses.

Photographs of Dr Alexander Dale and his wife Dr Elizabeth Dale.

Signed studio picture of Beatrice Campbell after a visit to Mearnskirk Hospital.

Signed studio picture of Beatrice Campbell after a visit to Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of Alfred Ellsworth and Dorothy Lamour at a Garden Fete held at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of a patient receiving Christmas presents at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of newlyweds patient Janette Clinton and Theus McKenna at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of the wedding of Marion Atholl and Dr Semple at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Postcard of former patient of Mearnskirk

"Written in hand on the back 'with best wishes from Jessie, Coronation year, 1937'."

Photograph of the Art Deco style building that was originally the Beresford Hotel. After the Second World War the hotel was sold and converted into offices. Today, the B-listed building now serves as modern apartments in the city centre.

Photograph of the view of the University of Glasgow from Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls

Photograph of the view of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary from John Knox Street

Two photographs of different views of the Glasgow Cathedral situated in the Cathedral Precinct.

Photograph of the Singers factory in Clydebank.

A photograph of a teddybear and card gifted to Antonia McTernan, a medical student from Glasgow.

A photograph of a bouquet of flowers gifted to Miss Christina Yip, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon. The flowers were gifted from a grateful patient exactly one year after her breast cancer was treated by Miss Yip.

A photograph of Dr Kirsty Colquhoun's dog, Jarvis, with a small knitted teddy bear. These bears were knitted by Staff Nurse, Jackie Edgar, who created carebears for all staff who worked on her ward during the Covid pandemic.

These images are part of Covid Smiles, a project undertaken by Dr Christine A Goodall, an Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery. She carried out this photography project as a distraction from the challenging times of the pandemic, but also as a way to reflect on what she and her team had achieved.

The follow images are photographs of artwrok created by Dr Hazel Miller, a consultant geriatrician.

This photograph depicts a surgical glove with a simple message doodled on it; "Smile." Accompanied by a smiley face, this glove was submitted to the exhibition to do just that!

Group photo of patients of Mearnskirk Hospital enjoying a trip out to the cinema

Photograph of three young patients receiving physiotherapy treatment at Mearnskirk Hospital

Photograph of a group of young patients receiving lessons from Miss Fergus at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of two fairies from the pantomime with a patient at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Group photo of staff and patients of Mearnskirk Hospital on a trip to Ayr.

Photograph of a patient receiving a Roy Rogers costume for Christmas. Also in the picture are Miss Gourlay, Sister Gordon, and Dr Dale.

Boxing match between Peter Keenan and Roy Ankarah as part of a Coronation Gala Day at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of a boxing match between Ogli Tetti and Jim Thomson at Mearnskirk Hospital as part of celebrations during a Coronation Gala Day

Boxing match between Peter Keenan and Roy Ankarah as part of a Coronation Gala Day at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of Peter Keenan taking part in a boxing match at Mearnskirk Hospital as part of the Coronation Gala Day

Photograph of the Maryhill Club Wheelers taking part in a Coronation Gala Day at Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photographs of the staff cottages on the grounds of Mearnskirik Hospital.

Photograph of the nurses home on the grounds of Mearnskirk.

Boxing match at Mearnskirk Hospital as part of festivities for the Coronation Gala Day

Photograph of groundsmen at Mearnskirk clearing away snow with a horse.

Photograph of a winter walk around the grounds of Mearnskirk Hospital.

An aerial photograph of the grounds of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of the original Southfield House in the parish of Mearns that was to become Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of nurses on the sun terrace of Mearnskirk Hospital.

Photograph of the entrance gate to the grounds of Mearnskirk Hospital, showing the old-stage road and the Beech Avenue which led to Southfield House.

Photograph of patients outside the isolation wards of Mearnskirk Hospital.