James Gilchrist
1813/14–85
Scottish physician. Apprenticed to a draper, then trained for the Presbyterian ministry, but had to abandon his studies due to ill health. MD, Edinburgh, 1850. Assistant, Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries; medical superintendent, Royal Lunatic Asylum, Montrose, 1853–7; medical superintendent, Crichton Royal Institution and Southern Counties Asylum, 1857–79. Member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and president of the Dumfries Field Club.
Sources
Census returns of Scotland 1871 (The National Archives of Scotland: Dumfries, Crichton Royal Institution 9)
Medical directory
Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 17 (1887–9): 2–11.
Bibliography
Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.
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