Tympanum relief group on former Anderson's Medical College
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Tympanum relief group on former Anderson's Medical College
Image: © Keith Edkins Taken: 14 Sep 2013
This frieze, 1889 by James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, depicts Scottish surgeon Peter Lowe (d. 1610). Lowe was the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and appears here to be timing a pulse rate (note the sand glass on the table).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.870203
Longitude
-4.296677