214 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society, 



XVII. Obituary Notice of the late Dr R. Milne Murray. 

 By David Waterston, M.D., F.E.S.E. 



(Received 22nd April 1904 ; read 25th April 1904.) 



Eobert Milne Murray was born at Fettercairn, Kincardine- 

 shire, on May 6th, 1855, where his father was a prominent 

 and highly- educated schoolmaster. 



After a distinguished course as a student at St Andrews 

 University, he took the degree of M.A. in 1875, and then 

 came to study medicine at Edinburgh University. His 

 career as a student there was a brilliant one, and he 

 graduated with first-class honours in 1879. 



Almost immediately after this he began to devote himself 

 to the study and practice of that special department of 

 medicine with which his name will always be associated as 

 a leader and pioneer, and from the first it became evident 

 that Milne Murray would take a high rank as a teacher and 

 a practitioner in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 



But he was no narrow-minded specialist. His early 

 training had given him a very considerable knowledge of 

 chemistry, geology, and mineralogy, and at a later date he 

 made himself a thorough expert in electrical science, 

 electrical apparatus, and in all methods of electrical treat- 

 ment, and, as such, he was appointed the first electrician to 

 the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and it was under his super- 

 vision that the installation of electrical apparatus for lighting 

 and for treatment was carried out there. 



He held many honourable appointments in Edinburgh, 

 and his writings and the instruments he devised made his 

 name known to medical men in all parts of the world. He 

 was a Fellow of the Eoyal Physical Society from the year 

 1884 to the time of his death. The character of his work 

 alone would make the name of Milne Murray admired and 

 respected, but among those who were privileged to know him 

 personally the feelings with which he was regarded were 

 more those of affection. He loved and was loved by 

 people of all ages and station, and it may truly be said of 

 him that he had no enemies. He was a true and staunch 



