| Description | Photograph ['from photograph in possession of Mrs. Eden Brand'] of Dr. Francis Adams (1796-1861).
[Graduated MA, King's College before studying medicine and becoming member of the College of Surgeons, London. He lived in Banchory-Ternan, devoting his time to his medical work and to classical studies, particularly philology and Greek medicine. He studied, revised and translated Greek texts on medicine and conspicuously contributed to study in the field. See MS 2993.] |