Henry Alexis Thomson

Henry Alexis Thomson CMG FRCS FRCSE (1863–1924) was a Scottish anatomist and medical author.

In 1890 he won a gold medal for his thesis on tuberculosis of bones and joints and received his doctorate (MD).

[1] In 1892 when he applied for the role of Surgeon at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary both Sir James Paget and Lord Lister provided testimonials in his support.

[6] In August 1914 he began additionally working at the 2nd Scottish General Hospital at Craigleith in west Edinburgh, operating on the wounded troops returning from the First World War.

In 1915 he took leave of absence from his professorship to undertake what he saw as the more pressing issue of surgery on the western front, such as to treat the wounded as soon as possible after injury.

[8] He ceased work due to ill-health in March 1923 and formally retired in October of the same year.