Departmental Staff 1839-2000

Regius Professors

Robert Cowan, MD (1796-1841)

Robert Cowan  Regius Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Forensic Medicine 1839-1841

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1838 Vital Statistics of Glasgow. I. Statistics of fever and small pox prior to 1837. II. Statistics of fever for 1837. III. Remarks suggested by the Mortality Bills, etc. David Robertson: Glasgow
Adam & Charles Black: Edinburgh
1840 V ital Statistics of Glasgow, Illustrating the Sanitary Condition of the Population David Robertson: Glasgow

 

Harry Rainy, MD (1792-1874)

Harry Rainy Regius Professor of Medical Jurisprudence 1841-1872

  

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1880 [Syllabus Lectures on Forensic Medicine] Truth, Pathology, and the Public Glasgow: University of Glasgow
1897 Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1902, 2nd ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1905, 3rd ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1908, 4th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1912, 5th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1918, 6th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1922, 7th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1923, 2nd Chinese rev. ed Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1924, 8th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1929, 9th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassel & Co. l
1935, 10th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1940, 11th ed. Clinical Methods: A Guide to the Practical Study of Medicine [with Sir Robert Hutchison] London: Cassell & Co.
1949, 12th ed. Hutchison's Clinical Methods London: Cassell & Co.
1956, 13th ed. Hutchison's Clinical Methods London: Cassell & Co.

Pierce Adolphus Simpson, MA, MD (1837-1900)

Pierce Adolphus Simpson, MA, MD (1837-1900) Regius Professor of Medical Jurisprudence 1872-1898

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1872 Testimonials in Favour of P.A. Simpson, M.D., M.A. Cantab., Candidate for the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence Glasgow: Robert Maclehose

 

John Glaister Senior, MD, DPH, LLD (1856-1932)

John Glaister Senior Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine and Public Health 1898-1931

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1881 Notes of a Case in which Chrysophanic Acid was Administered Internally by Accident Glasgow Medical Journal 27
1885 Necessity for Legislative Reform in Scotland in Regard to Uncertified Deaths MD Thesis, University of Glasgow
1886 Note on the Australian Aborigines being Exhibited in Glasgow in March, 1886 Glasgow: [s.n.]
1886 The Epidemic History of Glasgow During the Century 1783-1883 Glasgow: Philosophical Society
1886 Medico-legal Risks Encountered by Medical Practitioners in the Practice of their Profession Glasgow : MacDougall
1893 Death Certification and Registration in Scotland : Its Present Defects and a Proposed Remedy Glasgow Medical Journal: 40
1894 Dr. William Smellie and his Contemporaries : A Contribution to the History of Midwifery in the Eighteenth Century  
1895 The Law of Infanticide: A Plea for its Revision Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd
1895 The Anti-Toxin Treatment of Diphtheria Glasgow: [s.n.]
1896 A Case of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Human Subject London: Lancet Office
1897, 1st ed. A Manual of Hygiene for Students and Nurses London: Scientific Press
1897 The History of Medical Jurisprudence and Criminal Procedure in Primitive and Medieval Times London: Witherby
1897 The Pollution of Scottish Rivers: Presidential Address Glasgow: Philosophical Society
1902, 1st ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxicology, and Public Health Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1905, 2nd ed. Manual of Hygiene for Students and Nurses Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1906 Chaldean Discoveries and the Bible Text Glasgow: Hodge
1908 Poisoning by Arseniuretted Hydrogen or Hydrogen Arsenide Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1909, reprint A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxicology, and Public Health Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1910, 2nd ed. A Text-Book of Public Health Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1910 The Law Respecting Compensation to Workmen for Accidents in Great Britain, and its Operation Philadelphia: Lippincott
1910, 2nd ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1914 Gas Poisoning in Mining and Other Industries Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1915, 3rd ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1920, 3rd ed. Manual of Hygiene for Students and Nurses Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1921, 4th ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1925 Legal Medicine for Members of the Legal Profession and Police Forces Glasgow: Stenhouse

 

John Glaister Junior, MD, JP, DSc: Barrister (1892-1971)

John Glaister Junior Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine 1931-1962 Assistant, Lecturer 1920-1929

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1927 The Police Surgeon in Relation to Forensic Medicine British Medical Journal: 2
1930 The Medical Profession and the Police The Police Journal: 3
1931, 1st ed. A Study of Hairs and Wools Belonging to the Mammalian group of Animals, including a Special Study of Human Hair Cairo: Misr Press
1931, 1st ed. Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine [with Sydney Smith] S.l.]: Churchill
1931, 5th ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1932 Whither Forensic Medicine British Medical Journal: 2
1937, 1st ed. Medico-Legal Aspects of the Ruxton Case [with James Couper Brash] Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1938, 6th ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1939, 2nd ed Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine [with Sydney Smith] London: Churchill
1942, 7th ed. A Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1945, 8th ed. Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1947, revised reprint Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1953 Crime and the Theory of Interchange Medico-Legal Journal : 21
1950, 9th ed. Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1954 The Power of Poison: An Account of Criminal Cases of Poisoning New York: Morrow
1956 The Trial of William Palmer St Bartholmew's Hospital Journal: 60
1957, 10th ed. Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1958 The Control of the Sale of Poisons and Dangerous Drugs' [with Edgar. Rentoul] British Medical Journal: 2
1961 Science and the Investigation of Crime The School Science Review: 149
1962, 11th ed. Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1964 Final Diagnosis London: Hutchinson
1966, 12th ed. Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone
1973, 13th ed. Glaister's Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone

 

Gilbert Forbes, BSc, MD

Gilbert Forbes Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine 1964-1974

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1943 The Effect of Alcohol on Psycho-Motor Reactions, Studied Particularly from the Medico-Legal Aspect MD Thesis, University of Glasgow

 

William Arthur Harland MD, PhD

William Arthur Harland Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine and Science 1974-1985

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1975 Thyroid Hormone Metabolism London: Academic Press

 

Alan Albert Watson MA, MB, BSc

Alan Albert Watson Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine and Science 1986-1992 Member of Department 1971-1992

 

Date/Edition Title: Book/Article/Thesis Publisher
1975 Legal Aspects of Dental Practice [with Gilbert Forbes] Bristol: J. Wright
1984, 4th ed. Lecture Notes on Forensic Medicine [with D.J. Gee] Oxford: Blackwell Scientific