Background
STIRLING, William was born on January 26, 1851. Son of Francis Stirling and Isabella Crawford of Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
STIRLING, William was born on January 26, 1851. Son of Francis Stirling and Isabella Crawford of Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Dollar Institution; University of Edinburgh. Leipsic; College de France, Paris. Doctor of Medicine (Edinburgh).
Doctor of Science (Edinburgh). Doctor of Laws (Glasgow).
Formerly Assistant to the Regius Professor of Natural Histoiy and to the Professor of Physiology in the University of Edinburgh. Formerly Regius Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in the University of Aberdeen. Studied at Leipsic under Professor Ludwig and at Paris under Professor Ranvier.
Publicat,ions: various publications on histological and physiological subjects, including structure of the skin, cornea, muscles, the physiology of tetanus, red and pale muscle, reflex functions of the spinal cord. Text-Books on Practical Histology. Practical Physiology.
Historical, some Ajjostles of Physiology, and numerous other contributions. Professor of Physiology and Histology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in the Victoria University of Manchester. Late Fullerian Professor of Physiology in the Royal Institution, London.