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London with Colonel Campbell, where he met Sir William Fergu- 
son in consultation, he was asked by Lord Blantyre, who knew the 
Campbells, to go with him to the Minister of War, Mr Sidney 
Herbert, in order that he might give him all the information he 
could upon these important points. Macleod strongly recommended 
that wooden hosj^itals, like those used in Glasgow as temporary 
buildings during the fever epidemic, should be erected, and that the 
dirty and poisonous barracks then in use at Scutari should be 
abandoned. This recommendation of his was agreed to, and he was 
asked to obtain plans with as little delay as possible. On his 
return, therefore, to Glasgow a few days later, wdth the assistance 
of Professor Lawrie, and Mr James Smith, architect, plans were 
drawn up, modelled on those used in Glasgow, but with such altera- 
tions as seemed necessary for their new requirements, and Professor 
Lawrie returned with him to London to support the idea. They 
were afterwards adopted and set up on the Dardanelles. By this 
time, however, the Government found that, to make adequate pro- 
vision for the proper treatment of the wounded, it would be neces- 
sary greatly to increase the medical staff, and they therefore deter- 
mined to augment the regular army medical staff by a specially 
arranged staff of civil surgeons. Sir John Forbes and Mr (after- 
wards Sir William) Bowman had the organisation of it, and by the 
latter Macleod was offered an assistant - surgeonship. This he 
refused to accept, representing that, as he had been twice out, and 
knew more of the work there than any of those spoken of for the 
senior positions, it would not be worth his while to go unless he 
received a senior appointment. This he was given, and asked if he 
would go out at once to Smyrna with Major Storks, who had been 
appointed to organise the staff and hospital there. He received his 
appointment on Tuesday ; and on Friday, 10th February 1854, three 
days later, he had started for Smyrna, by Paris and Marseilles, with 
Eddowes as his assistant-surgeon, and under the command of Major 
Storks. They arrived at Smyrna on the 25th, when, greatly to his 
surprise, he found himself made senior of the whole staff, and 
appointed interim superintendent. This piece of good luck came 
about partly through his having “ so courageously ” gone out at 
once when asked, and partly through the recommendation of the 
superintendent, who was home on leave, and Major Storks, who con- 
