MAYLARD,ALFRED,ERNEST 1855-1947 - GLASGOW SURGEON EXTRAORDINAIRE

This account concerns Alfred Ernest Maylard, 1855 - 1947, a surgeon of exceptional ability and a man with extraordinary energy and drive. He was appointed to the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, when it opened in 1 890 and made an outstanding clinical and academic contribution, partic ularly in abdominal surgery. His organisational talents were remarkabl e and manifest in his influence not just upon the hospital's developme nts but also upon Glasgow's medical life in general. In his spare time he was a keen mountaineer and was the driving force behind the format ion of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889 and its first secretar y and later president. He was a prolific writer in all these fields, h is eminence as scientific surgeon being recognised by election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and his contribution to m ountaineering by the vice-presidency of the Royal Scottish Geographica l Society.