Dr Mungo Bryson MB, CM

Ledger compiled by Dr Mungo Bryson whilst practicising in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, from 1894 to 1936. Provides information about home deliveries in the area between 1894 and1936.

After obtaining a M.B., Master of Surgery degree in 1890 from Glasgow University, Dr Bryson was a general practitioner in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire between 1894 and 1936. The practice was taken over in 1941 by Dr James Watson. As well as being a general practitioner, Dr Bryson devoted his working life to the people of the area as well as various organisations and hospitals.

From 1894 to the 1930s he was Medical Officer and Vaccinator of the Parish of Morton which now lies in the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area (formerly the county of Dumfriesshire), two miles northeast of Thornhill. From the 1920s he also covered the neighbouring Parish of Closeburn, four miles east of Thornhill and became Medical Officer for Upper Nithsdale Combination Poorhouse. In 1920 he was appointed Medical Officer for the Scottish Education Department.

From 1894 to the 1930s he was Medical Referee for the Scottish Widow Fund and also for other assurance companies. Other postions he held during the period of his working life included Visiting Physician of Thornhill District Isolation Hospital; Medical Officer of Drumlanrig Auxilliary Hospital; Surgeon of Allan Line Steamship Company; Oddfellows; Secretary of the Local Medical and Panel Committee of Dumfriesshire.

Dr Bryson was a Member of the General Council of Glasgow University from 1891 until1895. He was also a member of the British Medical Association. In addition to the above work and memberships, Dr Bryson published an article in the British Medical Journal in 1907 entitled "Case of Ptomaine Poisoning from Mutton, with marked Bradycardia".

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