Old Photograph Eassie Scotland

Old photograph of people outside a shop in Eassie village located along the A94 road in Angus, Scotland. James Miller was born on 2 April 1812 in the manse of Eassie. He studied medicine at both St Andrews University and Edinburgh University. From 1832 to 1834 he served as assistant to Robert Liston, taking over his practice in 1834. He continued this until 1842 then took up the role of professor of surgery at Edinburgh University. At the same time he acted as principal surgeon to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. During this period he lived at 51 Queen Street, a handsome Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's First New Town. Dr James Young Simpson was his immediate neighbour. In 1842 Miller was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1860. In 1843 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club. He later moved to 23 York Place, Edinburgh. He died at Pinkhill House in Inveresk near Edinburgh on 17 June 1864, and is buried in Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh


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