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Alexander Hamilton was born in 1739 at Fordoun, Kincardineshire, in north-east Scotland, where his father, a retired army surgeon, had his practice. In 1758, Hamilton became an assistant to John Straiton, an Edinburgh surgeon, and in 1762 he was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He then obtained a medical degree and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. After successfully lecturing on midwifery for a number of years, he was appointed as joint-Professor of [[Midwifery]] at Edinburgh University in 1780, and then as sole Professor in 1783 on the death of Dr. Thomas Young. He was instrumental in the establishment of Edinburgh's Lying-in Hospital in 1791. Hamilton's publications include: ''Elements of the practice of midwifery'' (1775), ''Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery'' (1784), and ''Treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy'' (1792). Professor Alexander Hamilton resigned in 1800 and died on 23 May 1802.
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−	Alexander Hamilton was born in 1739 at Fordoun, Kincardineshire, in north-east Scotland, where his father, a retired army surgeon, had his practice. In 1758, Hamilton became an assistant to John Straiton, an Edinburgh surgeon, and in 1762 he was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He then obtained a medical degree and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. After successfully lecturing on midwifery for a number of years, he was appointed as joint-Professor of [[Midwifery]] at Edinburgh University in 1780, and then as sole Professor in 1783 on the death of Dr. Thomas Young. He was instrumental in the establishment of Edinburgh's Lying-in Hospital in 1791. Hamilton's publications include: ''Elements of the practice of midwifery'' (1775), ''Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery'' (1784), and ''Treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy'' (1792). Professor Alexander Hamilton resigned in 1800 and died on 23 May 1802.	+	Alexander Hamilton was born in 1739 at Fordoun, Kincardineshire, in north-east Scotland, where his father, a retired army surgeon, had his practice. In 1758, Hamilton became an assistant to John Straiton, an Edinburgh surgeon, and in 1762 he was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He then obtained a medical degree and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. After successfully lecturing on midwifery for a number of years, he was appointed as joint-Professor of [[Midwifery]] at Edinburgh University in 1780, and then as sole Professor in 1783 on the death of Dr. [[Thomas Young (c1728-1783)]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of Edinburgh's Lying-in Hospital in 1791. Hamilton's publications include: ''Elements of the practice of midwifery'' (1775), ''Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery'' (1784), and ''Treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy'' (1792). Professor Alexander Hamilton resigned in 1800 and died on 23 May 1802.
	[[Category:Academics\|Hamilton, Alexander]]		[[Category:Academics\|Hamilton, Alexander]]

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