List of presidents of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine

This is a list of presidents of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine (SSHM).

1948–1960 + YearName Comments Image1948Douglas Guthrie (1885–1975) Otolaryngologist and historian of medicine whose book, A History of Medicine published in 1945, came to international attention. In 1948 Guthrie brought about the foundation of the SSHM and served as its first president. Subsequently, he became president of the British Society for the History of Medicine and the History of Medicine Society at the Royal Society of Medicine. 1951John Ritchie (1882–1959)Friend of Guthrie, he co-founded the SSHM and contributed to the journal Medical History, which the society co-established in 1957. 1954Archibald Goodall (1915–1963)Surgeon and honorary librarian at the University of Glasgow, and co-founder of the SSHM. He was the first member from Glasgow. 1957 William Smith Mitchell (d. 1982)Mitchell became librarian at King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, and then at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1955, he authored a History of Scottish Bookbinding, 1432–1650. 1960 Adam Patrick (1883–1970)Patrick was lecturer on the history of medicine at St. Andrews University in 1950.

1963–1980 + YearName Comments Image1963 Charles Henry Kemball (1889–1964) 1964 William Alister Alexander (1890–1976) 1966 Norman McOmish Dott, CBE (1897–1973)The first holder of the Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. 1968 Meredith Davison (1911–1970) 1971Thomas Robert Rushton Todd (1895–1975) 1974 Charles Gray Drummond (d 1985) 1977 Haldane Philp Tait (1911–1990)Tait was the Principal Medical Officer for the Child Health Service, Edinburgh and co-founder of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine, and as a result of his contributions became its president in 1977 and Honorary President in 1981. 1979Sir Charles Illingworth, CBE (1900–1990)

1981-2000 + YearName Comments Image1981 William Cunningham (1903–1998) 1984Alastair Hugh Bailey Masson (1925–2009) 1987David A. G. Waddell (1927–1992) 1990 John Blair OBE (1928– 2023) Scottish consultant surgeon and medical historian, who authored a number of books."Student Experiences" . Dundee Medical School @ 40, (2007) 1993Elizabeth Margaret Rose (1916–2011) 1995 Harold Thomas Swan (1922–2011) 1998 John McColl Forrester (1923–2017)

2000-2026 + YearName Comments Image2001 David John Wright (1944–)Wright is a retired consultant anaesthetist who was also the president of the British Society for the History of Medicine from 2007 to 2009.He has been editor of the International Society for the History of Medicine's journal Vesalius. 2004Bryan Ashworth (1929–2012) 2007Roy Miller (1935–) 2010 David Hugh Aird Boyd (1927–) 2013Antony Robert Butler 2017 Niall Diarmid Campbell FinlaysonFinlayson was appointed consultant physician and gastroenterologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1973.His special interest is in liver disease and he made particular contributions to the Infirmary's 'Liver Transplant Unit'. 2019 Neil MacGillivray 2022 Andreas Demetriades 2024 Malcolm Kinnear Consultant psychiatrist in NHS Fife & honorary lecturer at University of Dundee.

See also List of presidents of the British Society for the History of Medicine

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