Murdoch Cameron
Physician, Deceased Person
1847 – 1930
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Who was Murdoch Cameron?
Murdoch Cameron was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1894 to 1926. He was a pioneer of the Caesarean section under modern antiseptic conditions, becoming world famous after the success of his first Caesarean section at Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital in 1888. He was honorary President of the first international Congress on Obstetrics and Gynaecology, held in Brussels, in 1892. He was also a founding father of the new Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital and the father of Samuel James Cameron, Reguis Professor of Midwifery at Glasgow in the 1930s.
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