SIR ROBERT MUIR, SEPSIS AND SCOTTISH HEALTHCARE
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DC055/70: "Taken at the door of the old pathology dept in 1934 by John Kirkpatrick, his technician and photographer. This was used as a frontspiece for the festschrift of the J. Pathology and Bacteriology, July 1934, all exhibited by his hands. It was also used in the Royal Society's obituary by Roy Cameron."
DC055/82 Speculation: Perhaps with colleagues or students?
Sir Robert Muir
Postgraduate Training
For two years after his graduation, Muir worked in the Pathology Department of the University of Edinburgh, mainly on blood diseases, under the leadership of William Smith Greenfield.
Muir progressed through a few posts in the University before becoming a Lecturer of Pathological Bacteriology. Muir was reported to be an excellent Lecturer and a favourite of the students (Chiene, 1899).
During this time, in collaboration with Dr James Ritchie, Lecturer of Pathology at the University of Oxford, Muir published the Manual of Bacteriology. Their book became a essential text in laboratories across the country, and progressed through eleven editions.
In 1898, aged 34, Muir was elected to the Chair of Pathology at St Andrews University. The classes for this subject were taught in Dundee. Under Muir's leadership the department flourished and became well respected and well known.