John Goodsir

John Goodsir (1814-1867) was an eminent Scotch anatomist, born at Anstruther. He was trained at St. Andrews and Edinburgh, in which latter city he served an apprenticeship in dentistry. He settled in Anstruther and there wrote his noted essay on "Teeth". In 1840 he became keeper of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, and lecturer on Diseases of the Bone in 1842. Four years later he succeeded Dr Monro in the chair of Anatomy in Edinburgh University, which he adorned, having for some time previously acted as assistant.

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