Francis Darby Boyd

Francis Darby Boyd CB CMG FRCPEd (19 October 1866–1922) was a Scottish physician, and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

His aunt Mary was married to Francis Darby Syme,[3] who is Boyd’s namesake.

Then veering towards military medicine he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1910 and served at the rank of Major.

During the First World War he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and worked at Craigleith and Bangour.

In 1898 Boyd was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and was one of its secretaries from 1903-1922.