Watson-Jones, Sir Reginald, (1902–9 Aug. 1972), Orthopædic Surgeon Extra to The Queen, 1952 (Orthopædic Surgeon to King George VI, 1946–52); Consultant in Orthopædic Surgery, RAF; Hon. Consultant in Orthopædic and Accident Department, London Hospital; British Editor, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, since 1947; Hon. Consultant, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Shropshire; Hunterian Professor of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1945; Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor of Surgery, 1950; President, British Orthopædic Assoc., 1952–53; Senior Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1953–54; Member Court of Examiners, Hunterian Orator, 1959; President Orthopædic Section, Royal Society of Medicine, 1956; Hon. Orthopædic Surgeon, Liverpool Royal Infirmary

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgeon ◽  
Royal Infirmary ◽  
Editor Journal ◽  
Joint Surgery ◽  
Senior Vice President ◽  
London Hospital

James Bell Pettigrew (1832–1908) MD, LLD, FRS, comparative anatomist, physiologist and aerobiologist

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Dugald Gardner
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Cardiac Muscle ◽  
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Royal Society ◽  
Gold Medal ◽  
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High Quality ◽  
Animal Locomotion ◽  
Andrews University ◽  
Design In Nature

After leaving Glasgow University, Pettigrew joined the Edinburgh Medical School in 1856. Professor Goodsir determined Pettigrew’s entire future by awarding him the Anatomy Gold Medal for an essay on cardiac muscle. The essay was accompanied by dissections of such high quality that they led to the Croonian Lecture of the Royal Society of London in 1860. After graduating, Pettigrew’s time as House Surgeon to James Syme was followed by a position in the Hunterian Museum, London. Intensive studies of urinary and alimentary muscle, and observations of insects and animals, with lectures on flight to distinguished societies, contributed to disabling illness and a long convalescence but in 1869 Pettigrew became Conservator of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and then Pathologist to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The publication of Physiology of the Circulation and of Animal Locomotion, with its emphasis on aeronautics, ensured international fame. Fellowship of both London and Edinburgh Royal Societies was another factor contributing to Pettigrew’s election to the Chandos Chair at St Andrews University in 1875. The construction and abortive flying of a motor-driven aeroplane came near the end of his life and Pettigrew gave his remaining years to completing his monumental Design in Nature.

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