Mercer, Walter FRCSEd (1891-1971) 1895-1958

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Mercer, Walter FRCSEd (1891-1971) 1895-1958

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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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Sir Walter Mercer, MB ChB FRCSEd FRS (1891-1971), surgeon, was born at Stow, Midlothian. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University. He then held appointments as a house surgeon in Edinburgh and Carlisle. During the First World War he served as a captain with the RAMC. After being invalided home he served as a surgeon in the Edinburgh War Hospital at Bangour. In 1920 he was appointed surgeon of the Tynecastle Orthopaedic Clinic, and in...

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