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
editHe 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
editHe 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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