 Dr. Carstairs Cumming Douglas was born 1st October, 1866, at Kirkcaldy, Fife, and
was third son of Mr. Robert Douglas. On the father's side he is connected
with the West of Scotland, his grandfather having been the
Rev. Robert
Douglas, parish minister of Kilbarchan, and one of his great-grandfathers
Robert Douglas, of Barloch, while the other was the Rev. John Monteath,
D.D., parish minister of Houston. His mother, a Miss Cumming, was born in
Russia, where both her father and grandfather had lived for many years.
Dr, Douglas received his education at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
for eight years, and after a year in Canada, began his student life at
Edinburgh in 1884, He attended the arts, Medical, and Science classes, and
graduated M.B., C.M. (being first in First-Class Honours) in 1890, and
B.Sc. in Public Health in 1891. During his student career he gained many
class honours and scholarships, the most important being the Ettles Prize,
awarded annually to the most distinguished graduate of the year, the
Buchanan Scholarship in Midwifery, and the Leckie-Mactier Fellowship of
the value of £230.After graduating he occupied various hospital posts,
and studied at Berlin. Two years previously he had visited America and
seen many of the chief hospitals there. In the spring of
1892 he became assistant to Dr. Haldane at Bridge of Allan, and in the
latter part of the same year began practice at Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay,
where he remained over five years. He moved to Glasgow in 1898, where, in
addition to his practice as a physician, he has devoted himself largely to
clinical chemistry and the teaching of public health.
For eight years he has been Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in
Anderson's College Medical School, of which institution he is also
a Governor. He is a Director of the West of Scotland Clinical Research
Laboratory; a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons,
and one of their Examiners in Public Health; Pathologist to the
Glasgow Maternity Hospital; and Chief Medical Officer for the
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company. In 1907 he was appointed
Lecturer on Hygiene under the Provincial Committee for the Training of
Teachers. He is author of a work on "Chemical and Microscopical Aids to
Clinical Diagnosis" (1899), of one on "School Hygiene," (1907), and of
many papers in the leading medical journals.
His wife is Anita Helena,
eldest daughter of the late W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A
He is the uncle of Lord Douglas of
Barloch
DOUGLAS, CARSTAIRS CUMMING. ?-28/09/1940.
Male.
Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Profession: Physician.
Appointments Held: Professor 1899-1940, Medical Jurisprudence & Public
Health, Anderson College of Medicine, Glasgow.
Schools and Tutors: George
Watson's College, Edinburgh.
Undergraduate Studies: B Sc, MB CM(Edinburgh
1890).
Postgraduate Studies: MD(Edinburgh 1896), D Sc(Edinburgh 1901).
Marital Status: Married (1896) Anita Helena Lockhart.
References: Proc
Roy Soc Edinb, 60, 1939-40, 390; Who Was Who 3.
Date of Election:
07/01/1901.
Proposers: A Crum Brown, Sir William Turner, Sir A Russell
Simpson, Sir James O Affleck (Billet 19/11, 3/12, 17/12/1900).
Notes:
Born October 1866.
Fellow Type: OF.
Fellow of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh
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