James Findlay Dow was born in Glasgow and educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and Street John"s College, Cambridge (Bachelor Cantab,1932). Continuing his training at the Middlesex Hospital in London and graduating (Bachelor of Medicine BChir Cantab, 1936). Attaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1938.
Street John"s College.
In 1939, following house appointments at the Middlesex Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital he was appointed resident assistant physician at Street George"s Hospital, which at that time was based at Hyde Park Corner. During World World War II Dow served with distinction at Street George"s Hospital, covering those physicians who were absent on military duty. Under his guidance the hospital remained operational throughout the Blitz.
In 1944 he provided medical support for the surgical teams at Cosham, near Portsmouth, who had been sent there to receive the casualties from Doctorate Day.
In 1946 Dow was appointed honorary assistant physician at Street George"son The following year he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps serving with the rank of major until the completion of his National Service in 1949.
Dow was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of s in 1948. After the war it became apparent to Dow and some of his senior colleagues that Street George"s needed to function as a general hospital as well as a teaching hospital.
In the early 1950s he moved his firm from Hyde Park Corner to the Grove Fever Hospital in Tooting, south London.
Dow was consultant physician at Street George’s Hospital from 1948–1976 and at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers from 1960-1976. Dow published numerous papers in medical journals on gastroenterology. Dow served as chairman of the medical committee of King Edward VII Hospital for Officers (Sister Agnes), and as an examiner in medicine at the University of Cambridge and University of London for the Royal College of son
He was also chairman of the medical committee at Street George"s, a member of the board of governors and one of the special trustees. He was an adviser to London Life Assurance, a member of the Association of s of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Society of Gastroenterology.
