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JAMA. 1970;213(9):1482-1483.

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James McGrigor, "father" of the Royal Army Medical Corps, was born at Cromdale in the Scottish Highlands. He was educated at the grammar school at Aberdeen, where he graduated with the first prize.¹ He proceeded to Marischal College and received the MA in 1788. By then James had decided on medicine and commenced its study under Dr. French, reading texts and attending lectures at the Royal Infirmary. After three years he began formal medical training at Edinburgh but did not qualify at that time for the MD degree. In 1793, McGrigor went to London, attended lectures in anatomy, and began general practice. His basic urge, however, was for military life; upon the outbreak of the war with France, his father purchased an army assignment for him in an Irish corps. The unit became famous later as the 88th Regiment or the Connaught Rangers.

McGrigor saw foreign service in Grenada . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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