John Wyllie was born in Ratho, Midlothian, in 1844. He was educated at Bolton in East Lothian, and at the Edinburgh Institute. Wyllie studied at Edinburgh University and in Paris, and was awarded the degree of M.D. in 1865. That year too he became Resident Physician at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. In 1866 he was House Physician to the General Hospital, Birmingham, and then in 1868 he became a general practitioner in Selkirk, Scotland. By 1871, Wyllie was lecturing in Pathology in Edinburgh, then lecturing in Medicine from 1878, and in Clinical Medicine from 1882. He was Consulting Physician to the City Hospital for Fevers, 1896-1900. In 1900, he was appointed Professor of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine. He retired in 1914. Latterly, Wyllie was the Principal Medical Officer to the Scottish Equitable Assurance Company. Professor John Wyllie died on 25 January 1916.
One of Wyllie's students was John Parton Berry who earned the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Berry became registered on 19 October 1907 and based himself in Keighley, Yorkshire. Berry was for a time House Surgeon at the East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich, and during the First World War was a Surgeon in the Royal Navy. For most of his medical career however, he was a Consultant Physician at the Victoria Hospital in Keighley, Yorkshire. John Parton Berry had also been a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. By 1950, Berry had retired.
From the guide to the Lectures of Professor John Wyllie (1844-1916), 1899-1907, (Edinburgh University Library)
