. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. gusson, and his reputationand practice steadily increased. His principal literary workwas Practical Surgery, Avhich has passed through manyeditions in this country and also in America. He was theauthor of many papers and addresses which appeared in themedical journals. He also delivered Lectures on the Pro-gress of Anatomy and Surgery during the Present Centuryat the Royal College of Surgeons of England, of which Insti-tution he was President in 1870. He was a Fellow of theRoyal Society of London and also of Edinburgh; held man
. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. gusson, and his reputationand practice steadily increased. His principal literary workwas Practical Surgery, Avhich has passed through manyeditions in this country and also in America. He was theauthor of many papers and addresses which appeared in themedical journals. He also delivered Lectures on the Pro-gress of Anatomy and Surgery during the Present Centuryat the Royal College of Surgeons of England, of which Insti-tution he was President in 1870. He was a Fellow of theRoyal Society of London and also of Edinburgh; held manyhonorary appointments, and also was Fellow of many foreign 440 CLAN FEEGUSSON societies. On the death of Aston Key he was appointed, in1849, Surgeon in Ordinaiy to the late Prince Consort;in 1855 he became Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen;and in 1875 Sergeant-Surgeon. In 1866 a baronetcy hadbeen conferred on him. It is worthy of note that a verycompHmentary notice of WilHam Fergusson appeared in theMedical Times of Aus^ust 2, 1845, which commences thus:. SIR WILLIAM FERGUSSON, BART. Come, W. Fergusson, —Sir WilHam Fergusson,Bart.—the head of surgery that is to be. The writer proveda true prophet. Sir William Fergusson died in February1877 at his house, 16 George Street, Hanover Square, Lon-don, and was buried in the Spitalhaugh family ground inWest Linton churchyard, Peeblesshire. The removal of thebody from the house to the railway station at Euston Square FEEGUSSOXS m PEEBLESSHIRE 441 was the occasion of a great and touching demonstration; alarge concourse of medical students, of friends and admirers,attending to show their respect. His wife, Helen HamiltonRanken, had predeceased him in 1861, leaving a family ofthree sons and three daughters. Sir Wilham was deeplyattached to his Peeblesshire home, and under his hands themodest, unpretending old house of Spitalhaugh, built in 1677,was transformed into the imposing structure, beautifullysituated, which now
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