MC WILLIAM

James Or mist on . b. Dalkeith, Scotland 1808; L.C.S. Edinb. 1827; a istant surgeon in the navy 1829; surgeon to the Scout on west coast of Africa 1836–9; M.D. Edinb. 1840; senior surgeon to the Albert which left England 12 May 1841 and entered the Niger 13 Aug., a malignant fever broke out 4 Sep., the Albert turned back 4 Oct. and reached England 19 Nov.; sent on a special mi ion to Cape de Verde Islands 1844 to inquire into origin of yellow fever at Boa Vista; medical officer to the Custom House 1847 to death; F.R.S. 9 June 1848; C.B. 6 Sep. 1858; member of Epidemiological Soc., secretary several years; presented with a service of plate by naval medical officers 1858; author of Medical history of the expedition to the Niger 1843; Dr. Mc William’s remarks on Dr. Gilbert King’s Report on the fever at Boa Vista 1848; Exposition of the case of the a istant surgeons of the royal navy 3 ed. 1850. d. 14 Trinity sq. Tower hill, London 4 May 1862. bur. Woking cemet. 10 May. Proc. of royal soc. xii 59–61 (1863).