Hugh Gillan Explained

Hugh Gillan (died 19 May 1798) was a Scottish physician.

Hugh Gillan was born in Scotland. He became a doctor of medicine of University of Edinburgh in 1786.^[1]

Hugh Gillan joined the 1793 Macartney Embassy to China as a physician. The embassy was led by George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney.^[2]

Honors

He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians 1795. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society in 1795.^{[1] [3]}

Further reading

• Gillan, Hugh. 'Mr Gillan's Observations on the State of Medicine, Surgery, and Chemistry in China', in J. L. Cranmer-Byng (ed.), An Embassy to China: Being the Journal kept by Lord Macartney During his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794 (London, 1962), 279–90.
• Book: Bivins, Roberta . 2000 . Acupuncture, Expertise and Cross-Cultural Medicine . . 10.1057/9780230287518 . 978-0-333-91893-7. 73389679 .

Notes and References

1. https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/hugh-gillan Hugh Gillan entry on the Royal College of Physicians website
2. Bivins . Roberta . 1 December 1999 . Expectations and Expertise: Early British Responses to Chinese Medicine . . 37 . 4 . 459–489 . 10.1177/007327539903700404. 162745173 . subscription .
3. https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA2978&pos=1 Hugh Gillan entry on the Royal Society website