George Buchanan (physician)
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Sir George Buchanan, FRS was an English physician, epidemiologist and civil servant. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, president of the Epidemiological Society of London, and Chief Medical Officer
George Buchanan
Buchanan Medal
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The Buchanan Medal is awarded by the Royal Society "in recognition of distinguished contribution to the medical sciences generally". The award was created in 1897 from a fund to the memory of London p
George Buchanan (physician)
…the Royal Society started awarding a gold medal every five years (now reduced to two years) for services to sanitary science. The medal was named the Buchanan Medal in his honour and featured his bust on the obverse. Buchanan's works have not been collected and are scattered through various official reports…
Richard Doll, who won the medal in 1972 "for his outstanding studies on the aetiology, prevention and treatment of disease, especially cancer"