James Alexander Lindsay (physician) explained

James Alexander Lindsay (20 June 1856,^[1] in Fintona, County Tyrone – 14 December 1931, in Belfast) was a British physician and professor of medicine, known for his collection Medical axioms, aphorisms, and clinical memoranda (1923, London, H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd.).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

After education at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at the Methodist College Belfast, James Alexander Lindsay matriculated at Queen's College Belfast, where he graduated in 1877 B.A. and in 1878 M.A. in ancient classics. In 1882 he obtained the M.D. and M.Ch. degrees in the Royal University of Ireland.^[4]

After two years of working in clinics in London, in Paris, and in Vienna, he returned to Belfast. At the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, he was appointed in 1884 assistant physician and in 1888 full physician,^[1] retiring as consulting physician in 1921. From 1919 to 1927 he was chair of the board of management of the Royal Victoria Hospital. From 1899 to 1924 he held the chair of medicine in Queen's University Belfast.^[2] In the chair of medicine he was preceded by James Cuming (1833–1899)^[5] and succeeded by William Willis Dalziel Thomson.^[6]

In 1897–1898 Lindsay was president of the Ulster Medical Society.^[7] In 1903 he was elected FRCP.^[2] In 1909 he delivered the Bradshaw Lecture.^[8]

His nephew, Royal Navy Captain D. C. Lindsay, was High Sheriff of Belfast for the year 1931. J. A. Lindsay and his nephew were descendants of James Lindsay, who fled from religion persecution in Ayrshire in 1678.^[4]

Selected publications

Articles

• Ocean as a health-restorer. 12 September 1885. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art. 5th series. 2. 89. 577–581.
• Br Med J. 2 December 1899. 2. 2031. 1526–1529. 2412718. An Inaugural Address on our Position and Outlook Delivered at Queen's College, Belfast, November 20th, 1899. Lindsay. J. A.. 20758742. 10.1136/bmj.2.2031.1526.
• Eugen Rev. July 1912. 4. 2. 117–135. 2986833. Immunity from disease considered in relation to eugenics. Lindsay. J. A.. 21259532.
• The Case for and against Eugenics. The Nineteenth Century and After. 72. September 1912. 546–557.
• Br Med J. 7 June 1913. 1. 2736. 1193–1196. 2299285. A clinical study of pneumonia with notes of one hundred consecutive cases occurring in hospital practice. Lindsay. J. A.. 20766671. 10.1136/bmj.1.2736.1193.
• Eugen Rev. July 1913. 5. 2. 101–113. 2986953. The influence of disease upon racial efficiency and survival. Lindsay. J. A.. 21259555.
• Br Med J. 5 December 1914. 2. 2814. 955–959. 2300252. The Threshold of Disease An Address delivered to the Medical Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland on November 20th, 1914. Lindsay. J. A.. 10.1136/bmj.2.2814.955.
• Eugen Rev. January 1916. 7. 4. 247–262. 2987137. Eugenics and the doctrine of the super-man. Lindsay. J. A.. 21259610.
• Some observations upon the electrocardiograph, with notes of cases. Dublin J Med Sci. February 1916. 141. 2. 130–138. 10.1007/BF02970015. Alexander. James. 57338895.
• Eugen Rev. October 1918. 10. 3. 133–144. 2942289. The eugenic and social influence of the war. Lindsay. J. A.. 21259675.
• The Dalhousie Review. On thinking biologically. 1. 1. April 1921. 5–16.
• What and how to teach. The Dalhousie Review. 1922. 12. 2. 140–156.
• Br Med J. 8 December 1923. 2. 3284. 1077–1080. 2317503. Some Hints from the Old Physicians An Address delivered before the Bradford Medico-Chirurgical Society, October 17th, 1923. Lindsay. J. A.. 20771373. 10.1136/bmj.2.3284.1077.
• The Dalhousie Review. Touraine, past and present. 1924. 14. 2. 181–191.
• Br Med J. 23 April 1927. 1. 3459. 778–779. 2454768. Migraine. Lindsay. J. A.. 10.1136/bmj.1.3459.778-a.
• The Dalhousie Review. National characteristics. 1929. 19. 2. 181–187.

Books

• with James Cuthbert Lindsay: Book: Belfast. William Strain and Sons. 1884. The Lindsay Memoirs: A record of the Lisnacrieve and Belfast Lindsay family during the last two hundred years.

  80 pages

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• Book: London. Macmillan. 1887. The climatic treatment of consumption.

  228 pages

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• Book: Lectures chiefly clinical and practical on diseases of the lungs and the heart. 1904. London. Baillière, Tindall and Cox.

2nd edition 1906

• Book: Medical axioms, aphorisms, and clinical memoranda. 1924. New York. Hoeber.

  reprint of 1923 original

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References

1. Ulster Med J. September 2012. 81. 3. 149–153. 3632826. James Alexander Lindsay (1856–1931), and his clinical axioms and aphorisms. Breathnach, Caoimhghin S.. Moynihan, John B.. 23620615.
2. Web site: Munk's Roll, Volume IV, Royal College of Physicians. James Alexander Lindsay.
3. Lindsay, James Alexander, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.). Who's Who. 1923. 1656.
4. Obituary. J. A. Lindsay, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.. Br Med J. 26 December 1931. 2. 3703. 1201–1202. 10.1136/bmj.2.3703.1201. 34250920. page 1201, page 1202
5. Obituary. James Cuming. The Lancet. 9 September 1899. 751–752. 154. 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)59024-8 .
6. Web site: Munk's Roll, Volume V, Royal College of Physicians. William Willis Dalziel (Sir) Thomson.
7. Lindsay, J. A.. An inaugural address On the problem of the consumptive poor. Presidential Opening Address, Ulster Medical Society, 4th November 1897. The Lancet. 150. 3875. 1435–1438. 4 December 1897. 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)90704-4.
8. Br Med J. 6 November 1909. 2. 2549. 1325–1331. 2321381. The Bradshaw Lecture On Darwinism and Medicine Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, London, on November 2nd, 1909. Lindsay, James Alexander. 20764727. 10.1136/bmj.2.2549.1325.

External links

• Lindsay, James Alexander . 137 .