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Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson BA MD PRCPE FRCP〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPNS%2FPNS16_02%2FS002966515700035Xa.pdf&code=a478e972f834bb3d50aadfcbedad50cd )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rove.nla.gov.au/people/806232?q=creator%3A"Davidson%2C+Stanley+Sir%2C+1894-"&c=people )〕 (1894-1981) was a British〔 physician, medical investigator and author〔 who is well known for his medical textbook ''"Principles and Practice of Medicine"'', which was first published in 1952. == Early life and Career == Sir Stanley Davidson was born on March 3, 1894 in Sri Lanka, to Sir Leybourne Francis Watson Davidson and Jane Rosalind Dudgeon Davidson.〔〔 He had his education in Cheltenham, England and later at Trinity College, Cambridge where he began his undergraduate medical education. During the beginning of World War I in 1914, he enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders of British army, and his medical education was interrupted. He was seriously wounded in the war in 1915 while he was fighting in France, and spent the next two years recovering. He then resumed his medical studies at the University of Edinburgh and in 1919 graduated with first class honours.〔〔〔 He then worked as a house physician at Leith Hospital. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1921, and was awarded a Gold Medal in 1926 for his work. In 1928, he was appointed as assistant physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He then was appointed as Professor of Medicine at the University of Aberdeen in 1930, which was one of the first full-time Chairs of Medicine anywhere and the first in Scotland.〔 While working there, he spent his time in hospital work, teaching and research, not preferring private practice.〔 In 1938, he was given the Chair of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, in which he remained until he retired in 1959. He was also the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1953 to 1957,〔〔〔 and the President of The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland in 1957.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://theassociationofphysicians.co.uk/forum/annual-meeting/previous-meetings/ )〕 He played an important role in upgrading, modernising and broadening the hospital teaching facilities within Edinburgh area.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanley Davidson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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