Alfred Ernest Maylard FRSE PRCPSG FSGS (1855–1947) was born in Northfleet, Kent, England but is known as a Scottish surgeon and expert in abdominal surgery who served as president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He was the eldest son of Alfred Martin Maylard, a respected London merchant and Ellen Mira French Maylard. A keen mountaineer, he was also co-founder (with William Naismith) of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889.[1][2] In authorship he is referred to as A. E. Maylard.
Life edit
He was born in 1855.
He studied medicine at the University of London, graduating MB ChB. He then worked as a demonstrator in the Anatomy Department of Glasgow University.
When the Victoria Infirmary opened in Glasgow in 1890, he was its principal surgeon[3] alongside Robert Henry Parry.[4] In 1907, Maylard and a colleague modified the Pfannenfstiel incision and the subsequent Maylard incision (used during abdominal surgery) is attributed to him.
In 1917 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Frederick Orpen Bower, Thomas Hastie Bryce, Sir John Graham Kerr and John Walter Gregory.[5]
He died at Kingsmuir near Peebles on 27 June 1947.[6] He is buried in Peebles Parish Churchyard.
Publications edit
- Climbing Considered on its Physiological Aspects
- Walks Around Peebles
- Memories and Musings of a Hospital Surgeon (1920)
- The Glasgow Infirmaries (1933)
Family edit
He was married to Jane Reddie. The couple had no children.
References edit
- ^ Slater, SD (1994). "Alfred Ernest Maylard, 1855-1947: Glasgow surgeon extraordinaire". Scott Med J. 39 (3): 86–90. doi:10.1177/003693309403900312. PMID 8720774. S2CID 21365098.
- ^ "Scottish Mountaineering Club". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Glasgow Herald 19 February 1890
- ^ "Robert Henry Parry : Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow".
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=266883.0 [user-generated source]
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