Archibald Douglas McAlpine (19 August 1890 – 4 February 1981) was a British neurologist who pioneered research into multiple sclerosis.
[5] McAlpine served as a Brigadier in the Royal Army Medical Corps as an adviser in neurology to the South East Asia Command during World War II, and was mentioned in dispatches again.
[6] In 1953, McAlpine was the leading light in the formation of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain.
His book Multiple Sclerosis (1955) was recognised as the authoritative study of the disorder and was revised and updated in subsequent editions.
[7] In 1958, McAlpine was the first to suggest that the Minamata symptoms resembled those of organic mercury poisoning.