Sutherland Simpson medals, 1895-1897.

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Sutherland Simpson medals, 1895-1897.

Five bronze award medals from Edinburgh University.

.3 cubic ft.

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Cornell University Library

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Simpson, Sutherland, 1863-1926

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Scottish-born American physiologist. Educated at Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh and Edinburgh University; head of the Department of Physiology at Cornell Medical College, 1908-1926. Considered an authority on the thyroid and parathyroid glands; also published papers on the central nervous system, animal heat and body temperature, and secretory glands. From the description of Sutherland Simpson lecture notes, 1891-1924 (bulk 1896-1899) (Unknown). WorldCat re...

University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...