title: Peter Lowe: information and misinformation about a Scots surgeon of the sixteenth century.
abstract: The paper reviews what is known of Peter Lowe's surgical education, practice and activities before he obtained the Royal Charter in the last year of the sixteenth century, founding what became the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. It attempts to separate probable fact from accumulated fiction then discusses briefly Lowe's possible contributions to the contents of the Charter.
authors.affiliation: IML Donaldson Sibbald Library Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JQ. Email i.m.l.d@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history; D012606:Scotland; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history
keywords: Peter Lowe; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow