Plaques

On the walls of buildings throughout Aberdeen are plaques commemorating people who in a variety of ways have contributed to the public good. Several remind us of Aberdeen’s contribution to medicine over the centuries.

Regius Professor of Midwifery

First Woman to chair the NE Regional Hospital Board

Founding Father of Nutrition Science; Nobel Peace Prize (1880 – 1971)

Professor of Materia Medica

1845

– 1896

General Practitioner

3 July 1891

– 25 August 1984

Aberdeen’s first female general practitioner (1875 – 1965)

Surgeon

– 1880

Medical Scientist

First recognised the Infectious Nature of Childbirth Fever

Professor of Materia Medica