CORMACK

Sir John Rose ( only son of Rev. John Cormack, minister of Stoke near Edinburgh ). b. Edin. 1815; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1837; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1841; phys. to Royal infirmary, Edin.; edited Edinburgh Monthly Journal 1841–46; F.R.S. Edin.; M.D. Paris 1870; surgeon to Ambulance Anglaise during both the sieges of Paris 1870–71; chevalier of Legion of honour 1871; F.R.C.P. London 1872; knighted at Bucking ham palace 14 March 1872; author of Treatise on the properties of Creosote 1836; Pathology of fever in Edinburgh 1844; Clinical studies illustrated by cases 2 vols. 1876. d. 364 Rue st. Honoré, Paris 13 May 1882. Medical Circular iii , 109–110 (1853).