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dent of the Royal Medical Society, and also that he was a 
Medallist of the Harveian Society. 
Having been an apprentice of Mr. Syme, the eminent surgeon, 
his attention became specially devoted to the study of anatomy 
and surgery. After getting his medical degree he prosecuted his 
anatomical studies for a time in Paris, and in Heidelberg under 
Tiedeman. On his return to Edinburgh in 1833, he was admitted 
to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 
after undergoing two public examinations, and submitting a 
probationary essay on “ Osteo- Aneurism,” which was published and 
circulated. In the session 1833-34 he commenced a course of 
lectures on anatomy at 4 Surgeons’ Square, Edinburgh, and 
became a popular and successful teacher. About six years 
afterwards he became one of the surgeons in the Edinburgh 
Royal Infirmary. He was deeply impressed with the relation 
between anatomy and surgery, and in the summer session he gave a 
full course of operative surgery. At this time he commenced a 
course of lectures on surgery at Ho. 1 Surgeons’ Square, and gave 
up his lectures on anatomy. 
A vacancy having occurred in the chair of General Pathology 
by the resignation of Dr Thomson, Dr Handyside became a 
candidate, but was not successful. In 1842 a vacancy occurred 
in the chair of Surgery by the sudden death of Sir Charles Bell, 
and Dr Handyside came forward as a candidate. The vacancy, 
however, was filled up by the election of Mr James Miller. Dr 
Handyside considered that extra-mural teaching on this subject 
would be much affected thereby, he therefore recommenced his 
lectures on anatomy, and, along with Mr Spence and Dr 
Lonsdale, took up the School of Anatomy in Surgeons’ Square, 
vacated by the recent appointment of Dr Allen Thomson to the 
chair of the Institutes of Medicine in the University. This school 
easily took the lead among the other schools of anatomy in Edin- 
burgh. The appointment of Mr John Goodsir to the chair of 
Anatomy in the University on the retirement of the third Monro in 
1846, altered very considerably the circumstances of the Extra- 
mural School, and after conducting a class during the session 
1846-47, Dr Handyside relinquished anatomical teaching, and 
devoted himself entirely to his medical practice. 
