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COLONEL KENNETH MACLEOD, an eminent military surgeon and hygienist, was born in the Outer Hebrides on July 23, 1840, the son of a Free Church minister. He received his medical training in the University of Edinburgh, where he qualified in 1864. After four years service in the Indian Medical Service, he was appointed secretary to the Inspector-General of Hospitals in 1872 and held this post until 1879. On December 1, 1879, he was made professor of anatomy in the Calcutta Medical College, a post which he held until his retirement in 1892. Macleod did much for the advancement of medicine in India. In 1869 he investigated Indian cattle plague and set about establishing facilities for veterinary research in India, which culminated in the foundation of the Bengal Veterinary College. In addition to his surgical activities, he took an active part in public work. He founded the Calcutta Medical Society, was its first secretary and later its president, and was editor of the Indian Medical Gazette during 1871–92. After his return to England on his retirement, he was appointed professor of clinical military medicine at the Army Medical School at Netley, and held this post until 1905. He died on December 17, 1922.
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Colonel Kenneth Macleod. Nature 146, 90 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146090b0
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