John Cleland 1835-1925.
John Cleland, a surgeon-anatomist, trained at Edinburgh and Glasgow before gaining the Chair of Anatomy at Queens College Galway, Ireland when that institution was of a mere 14 years standing. This outline of his life, career and contemporaries provides some insight into the Scottish tradition of teaching and research in the anatomical sciences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Department of Anatomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland. alexander.black@nuigalway.ie
D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history; D012606:Scotland