Alexander Crombie (surgeon)
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Alexander Crombie CB (2 December 1845 – 29 September 1906) was a Scottish surgeon who joined the Indian Medical Service and became resident surgeon at Calcutta Medical College, India, where he became professor of materia medica.
Alexander Crombie CB | |
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Born | 2 December 1845 |
Died | 29 September 1906(1906-09-29) (aged 60) London, England[1] |
Education | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Surgeon |
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Institutions | |
Research | Tropical diseases |
He served the civil surgeoncy of Dacca before becoming joint civil surgeon at Simla, and later joined the Medical Board at the India Office while simultaneously serving the Medical Board at the War Office. In Calcutta, he initiated the use of hypodermic morphine for an easier use of chloroform anaesthesia, the first documented account of premedication.
When he returned to England he was appointed lecturer in tropical diseases at the Middlesex Hospital and the London School of Tropical Medicine. In 1904 he was listed a member of the honorary medical staff to the King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers.