Tour Scotland Photograph Peter Low Gravestone Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Dr Peter Low gravestone in the churchyard of Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. Peter Low, usually regarded as the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, was a remarkable man, and had practised the art of surgery in France and Flanders as well as in Glasgow. He was, indeed, at one time " ordinary chirurgeon to the French King, and followed him in the warres six years. " He died in Glasgow, and his burying place on the south wall of the High Churchyard was acquired by the Faculty in 1833 from Mr. Gray of Carntyne, who subsequently, through Dr. Fleming, presented a pair of gauntlet gloves which had been worn by Lowe.



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