- Scottish Medical Journal
Infobox Journal
discipline =Medicine
abbreviation = Scott Med J
publisher = Hermiston Publications Ltd
country =Scotland
frequency =quarterly
history = founded1822 as "Glasgow Medical Journal"
website = http://www.smj.org.uk
ISSN = 0036-9330The Scottish Medical Journal is a general
medical journal , which publishes originalresearch in allbranches of medicine ,review article s,history of medicine articles and clinical memoranda. The current editor isProfessor Robert Carachi, a consultantpaediatric surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children,Glasgow .History
The journal was founded in
1956 by the merger of the Glasgow Medical Journal and the Edinburgh Medical Journal, which were themselves founded in1822 and1855 respectively. It is published by Hermiston Publications Ltd and is sponsored by a body oflearned societies andcollege s.ponsors
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
*Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society of Glasgow
*Scottish Society for Rheumatology
*Scottish Renal Association
*Scottish Thoracic Society
*Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
*Scottish Society of Physicians
*Scottish Intensive Care Society
*Scottish Cardiac Society
*Scottish Society for Experimental Medicine Links
* [http://www.smj.org.uk Scottish Medical Journal website]
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