The Triple Qualification was a medical qualification awarded jointly by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Physicians and Surge
Anderson's College Medical School, Glasgow, showing the tower and the plaque with the College name engraved
The former School of Medicine of the Edinburgh Royal Colleges
John Barclay was a Scottish comparative anatomist, extramural teacher in anatomy, and director of the Highland Society of Scotland.
John Barclay
John Barclay later in life
Satirical etching by John Kay: Barclay attempts unsuccessfully to enter the University of Edinburgh as its new professor of comparative anatomy astride an elephant skeleton, opposed by the incumbent medical professors.