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John James McIntosh Shaw
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Col '''John James McIntosh Shaw''' [[FRSE]] MC Croix de Guerre (1885–1940) was a 20th century military surgeon who served in both World Wars and pioneered plastic surgery in the 1920s.
==Life==
He was born in [[Port Glasgow]] in 1885 the son of John Shaw (1838-1896), a consulting engineer, and his wife Isabella McIntosh (1844-1937). His family moved to 6 Jessfield Terrace<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1895</ref> in [[Newhaven, Edinburgh]] when he was young and he was educated at [[George Watson's College]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRa3mQ>
In 1902 he entered [[Edinburgh University]] to for a general degree graduating MA in 1906 then studied Medicine qualifying MB ChB in 1909. After practical experience he gained his doctorate (MD) in 1913.
In the [[First World War]] he served as a Major in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] attached to the [[Royal Artillery]]. He won the [[Military Cross]], [[Croix de Guerre]] with star and was twice [[Mentioned in Dispatches]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRa3mQ>
After the war (and as a consequence of his experience) he began to specialise in plastic surgery, initially focussing on war-wounded. He was also one of the several to practice x-ray therapy on malignant diseases. He also lectured in Clinical Surgery at [[Edinburgh University]].
In 1931 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[James Lorrain Smith]], Sir [[David Wilkie]], [[George Barger]] and [[Francis Gibson Baily]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In the [[Second World War]] He was Consultant Surgeon in the Field to the British Army for the Middle East. Sadly he died of acute [[dysentry]] in [[Cairo]] on 10 September 1940. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery - grave P253.<ref>https://ift.tt/2MymyFC>
==Family==
He was married to Mina Draper Shaw (b.1899). They lived in [[Barnton, Edinburgh]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRtrQq>
They had eight children.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ms5L7b>
==Publications==
*''Note on Two Gunshot Wounds'' (1918)
*''War Injuries to Face and Jaw''<ref>Glasgow Medical Journal vol 135</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1885 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Port Glasgow]]
[[Category:People educated at George Watson's College]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:British Army officers]]
[[Category:Plastic surgeons]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
==Life==
He was born in [[Port Glasgow]] in 1885 the son of John Shaw (1838-1896), a consulting engineer, and his wife Isabella McIntosh (1844-1937). His family moved to 6 Jessfield Terrace<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1895</ref> in [[Newhaven, Edinburgh]] when he was young and he was educated at [[George Watson's College]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRa3mQ>
In 1902 he entered [[Edinburgh University]] to for a general degree graduating MA in 1906 then studied Medicine qualifying MB ChB in 1909. After practical experience he gained his doctorate (MD) in 1913.
In the [[First World War]] he served as a Major in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] attached to the [[Royal Artillery]]. He won the [[Military Cross]], [[Croix de Guerre]] with star and was twice [[Mentioned in Dispatches]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRa3mQ>
After the war (and as a consequence of his experience) he began to specialise in plastic surgery, initially focussing on war-wounded. He was also one of the several to practice x-ray therapy on malignant diseases. He also lectured in Clinical Surgery at [[Edinburgh University]].
In 1931 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[James Lorrain Smith]], Sir [[David Wilkie]], [[George Barger]] and [[Francis Gibson Baily]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In the [[Second World War]] He was Consultant Surgeon in the Field to the British Army for the Middle East. Sadly he died of acute [[dysentry]] in [[Cairo]] on 10 September 1940. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery - grave P253.<ref>https://ift.tt/2MymyFC>
==Family==
He was married to Mina Draper Shaw (b.1899). They lived in [[Barnton, Edinburgh]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2JRtrQq>
They had eight children.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ms5L7b>
==Publications==
*''Note on Two Gunshot Wounds'' (1918)
*''War Injuries to Face and Jaw''<ref>Glasgow Medical Journal vol 135</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1885 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Port Glasgow]]
[[Category:People educated at George Watson's College]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:British Army officers]]
[[Category:Plastic surgeons]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
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