John Mitchell Bruce was born in 1846. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then studied at Aberdeen University. His medical training was completed at Middlesex Hospital and at the University of Vienna. In London he was involved in pathological research under Sanderson and Klein. He joined Charing Cross Hospital and taught physiology and then pathology, and then material medica and medicine. Bruce was Dean of the School. Latterly he was Consulting Physician at the Royal Scottish Hospital, at King Edward VII Sanatorium, at Midhurst, at Charing Cross Hospital, and at Brompton Hospital. Dr. John Mitchell Bruce died on 7 July 1929.
From the guide to the Letters of Dr. John Mitchell Bruce (1846-1929), 1897, (Edinburgh University Library)
