Douglas Guthrie

Douglas James Guthrie FRSE FRCS FRCP FRCSEd FRCPE (8 September 1885 – 8 June 1975) was a Scottish medical doctor, otolaryngologist and historian of medicine.

After graduating in Medicine from Edinburgh University, he pursued postgraduate studies into diseases of ear, nose and throat at leading European clinics.

He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and had a particular interest in disorders of speech in children, ultimately establishing specialised clinics.

In 1936, with no definitive teaching Hospital appointment, he began to research and write what would prove to be his magnum opus ''A History of Medicine'' and became lecturer in the History of Medicine at Edinburgh.

In 1948 Guthrie brought about the foundation of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine and served as its first President. Subsequently, he became president of the British Society for the History of Medicine and the History of Medicine Society at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).

He died in 1975, his legacy remaining with the Guthrie Trust, which awards grants for research in history of medicine. Provided by Wikipedia