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DR. ARTHUR GAMGEE, F.R.S., physiologist and consulting physician, wasborn at Florence on October 10, 1841, the son of a veterinary surgeon and pathologist. From the outset of his career he showed a special interest in physiology, particularly physiological chemistry, as was evidencedby his inaugural thesis at Edinburgh entitled “Contributions to the Chemistry and Physiology of Foetal Nutrition”. From 1863 until 1869 he was assistant to Dr. Maclagan, professor of medicine at Edinburgh, during which time he published several papers showing his outstanding ability to deal with abstruse physiological problems. In 1873 he was appointed the first Brackenbuiy professor of physiology at Owens College, now the University of Manchester. During the thirteen years he was there he took an active part in the work of the medical school, of which he was dean, and wrote numerous articles on physiology and pharmacology. He was also Fullerian professor of physiology at the Royal Institution during 1882–85, when he left Manchester. Eventually he moved to Cambridge, where he devoted himself to scientific research. Finally, he decided to live abroad arid settled first at Lausanne and afterwards at Montreux.
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Dr. Arthur Gamgee (1841–1909). Nature 148, 434–435 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148434d0
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