Ernest Maylard

Alfred Ernest Maylard FRSE PRCPSG FSGS (1855–1947) was born in Northfleet, Kent, England but is known as a Scottish surgeon and expert in abdominal surgery who served as president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He was the eldest son of Alfred Martin Maylard, a respected London merchant and Ellen Mira French Maylard. A keen mountaineer, he was also co-founder (with William Naismith) of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889.[1][2] In authorship he is referred to as A. E. Maylard.

Life

He was born in 1855.

He studied medicine at the University of London, graduating MB ChB. He then worked as a demonstrator in the Anatomy Department of Glasgow University.

When the Victoria Infirmary opened in Glasgow in 1890, he was its principal surgeon[3] alongside Robert Henry Parry.[4] In 1907, Maylard and a colleague modified the Pfannenfstiel incision and the subsequent Maylard incision (used during abdominal surgery) is attributed to him.

In 1917 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Frederick Orpen Bower, Thomas Hastie Bryce, Sir John Graham Kerr and John Walter Gregory.[5]

He died at Kingsmuir near Peebles on 27 June 1947.[6] He is buried in Peebles Parish Churchyard.

Publications
  • Climbing Considered on its Physiological Aspects
  • Walks Around Peebles
  • Memories and Musings of a Hospital Surgeon (1920)
  • The Glasgow Infirmaries (1933)

Family

He was married to Jane Reddie. The couple had no children.

References
  1. Slater, SD (1994). "Alfred Ernest Maylard, 1855-1947: Glasgow surgeon extraordinaire". Scott Med J. 39: 86–90. doi:10.1177/003693309403900312. PMID 8720774.
  2. http://www.smc.org.uk/Gallery/SMC%20Pioneers/AEM.php
  3. Glasgow Herald 19 February 1890
  4. http://www.hharp.org/library/glasgow/doctors/robert-parry.html
  5. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  6. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=266883.0


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