British medical journal . ook the de-gree of whichwas then, he says, • obtained after an examination not tbo most severe andsoarchiug. Having no inclination to follow the occupation of hisfather, who was a merchant, he hesitated for some time asto the choice of a profession. Of his early associates andfriends a large proportion had entered on the study ofmedicine. With these young men he spent much of histime. He accompanied them to the Royal Infirmary andread their books; this aroused in him t; •^trong interest inmedicine, and ho determined to take it up as a admits that he
British medical journal . ook the de-gree of whichwas then, he says, • obtained after an examination not tbo most severe andsoarchiug. Having no inclination to follow the occupation of hisfather, who was a merchant, he hesitated for some time asto the choice of a profession. Of his early associates andfriends a large proportion had entered on the study ofmedicine. With these young men he spent much of histime. He accompanied them to the Royal Infirmary andread their books; this aroused in him t; •^trong interest inmedicine, and ho determined to take it up as a admits that he was also attracted by the cockade andcocked hat of a senior student who got an appointment asassistant surgeon to a regiment in Jamaica, and the im-pression was not entirely effaced from his mind after heloined the army. Ho attended the few lectures then givenan the different branches at Aberdeen, and after tlirceyears attendance at the infirmary and dispensary heproceeded to Edinburgh, where he attended Munros class. SiE Jaues ^roduced, ty vermission, from a print in the Soydl College of Physicians of Lriiilon.) of anatomy, Gregorys course of practice of physic, andsome other classes. He studied so hard that his con-stitution gave way and several months elapsed before herecovered his health. On his return from Edmburgh hetook a leading pai-t in founding the Medical Society ofAberdeen. This society was formed in 1789, and McGri&orcontinued throughout his lite to take a keen interest init,watching its advancement and success, as he says, anxiety of a parent. Becoming united with MarisohalCollege, though never forfeiting its independence, theMedical Society of Aberdeen attracted, in addition to theyouths who were its first members, an increasing numberof doctors, aud became a potent educational influence inthe 1793 McGrigor purchased a sra-geoncy in the 88tli Regiment, or Con-naught Rangers,then just formed,and joined the corpsTt Chatham. l
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