- Andrew Macphail
Sir Andrew Macphail, Kt, MD, MRCS (
November 24 1864 , Orwell,Prince Edward Island –September 23 1938 ,Montreal ,Quebec ) was a Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine, and soldier.He received his medical degree from
McGill University in 1891. In 1907 he was appointed McGill's first Professor of the History of Medicine and served in this position until 1937. In 1911, he became the founding editor of theCanadian Medical Association Journal . DuringWorld War I , he served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and was later awarded a knighthood.He wrote an essay on the poet, "An essay in character," for the 1919 edition of
John McCrae 's "In Flanders Fields And Other Poems".In 1930, he was awarded the
Royal Society of Canada 'sLorne Pierce Medal .External links
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