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Actions	James Miller (1812-1864) Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2010.157 TitleJames Miller (1812-1864) Creator John Harris (Delineator)‎ DescriptionMiller, James (1812-1864). Portrait 1 of 2 in RCSEd Collections. Oil on canvas. Framed. 1855. Artist: HJohn Harris the younger (1791–1873) James Miller, a son of the manse, was born in Forfarshire. Before starting his medical studies he spent three years at St Andrews University where he came under the influence of Dr Thomas Chalmers, the Scottish minister whose lead he followed in 1843 when the Free Church parted with the established Church at the Disruption. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University. Early in his student career he became a pupil and later a great friend of Robert Liston. After graduating he was assistant to R J Mackenzie and Robert Liston and he succeeded to Liston's practice when he went to London. At the age of thirty he became Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh University in succession to Sir Charles Bell after a keen contest with Dr Argyll Robertson, father of the ophthalmologist, Douglas Argyll Robertson, and John Lizars. Miller, a neighbour of Professor J Y Simpson, was associated with him in early operations under ether and chloroform. In 1847 he excised the necrosed radius of a child, the first patient to be operated on at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary under chloroform anaesthesia. Miller was the author of several popular textbooks - ‘Principles of Surgery’, published in 1844, ‘Practice of Surgery’, published in 1846, which after several editions were amalgamated into a ‘System of Surgery’ which sold well in America and Britain. Production date 1855 - 1855 Production periodNineteenth century Object nameJames Miller (1812-1864), Portrait Object categoryArtworks MaterialOil, Canvas Dimensions Frame Height: 79 cm Width: 63.5 cm Depth: 6 cm

Object numberED.CS.2010.157

TitleJames Miller (1812-1864)

Creator John Harris (Delineator)‎

DescriptionMiller, James (1812-1864). Portrait 1 of 2 in RCSEd Collections. Oil on canvas. Framed. 1855. Artist: HJohn Harris the younger (1791–1873) James Miller, a son of the manse, was born in Forfarshire. Before starting his medical studies he spent three years at St Andrews University where he came under the influence of Dr Thomas Chalmers, the Scottish minister whose lead he followed in 1843 when the Free Church parted with the established Church at the Disruption. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University. Early in his student career he became a pupil and later a great friend of Robert Liston. After graduating he was assistant to R J Mackenzie and Robert Liston and he succeeded to Liston's practice when he went to London. At the age of thirty he became Professor of Surgery at Edinburgh University in succession to Sir Charles Bell after a keen contest with Dr Argyll Robertson, father of the ophthalmologist, Douglas Argyll Robertson, and John Lizars. Miller, a neighbour of Professor J Y Simpson, was associated with him in early operations under ether and chloroform. In 1847 he excised the necrosed radius of a child, the first patient to be operated on at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary under chloroform anaesthesia. Miller was the author of several popular textbooks - ‘Principles of Surgery’, published in 1844, ‘Practice of Surgery’, published in 1846, which after several editions were amalgamated into a ‘System of Surgery’ which sold well in America and Britain.

Production date 1855 - 1855

Production periodNineteenth century

Object nameJames Miller (1812-1864), Portrait

Object categoryArtworks

MaterialOil, Canvas

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