[2] He was born on 18 December 1862, in the manse at Fossoway, Perthshire, the son of Elizabeth Haig of Dollarfield and Rev.

He then became private assistant to the obstetrician Dr (later Sir) John Halliday Croom, which marked the start of his career in obstetrics and gynaecology.

[1] In 1887 Haig Ferguson became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and two years later he was elected a Fellow.

[5] During this period he taught obstetrics and gynaecology in the extramural School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Edinburgh.

His single most important public service was as a member of the Central Midwives Board for Scotland, acting as its chairman for 13 years.

These concerned translation of Stroganov’s book The Improved Prophylactic Method in the Treatment of Eclampsia (published New York, 1930).

In 1901 the family lived at 25 Rutland Street but later moved to 7 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh’s West End.

His funeral service took place on 4 May in St George’s Parish Church on Charlotte Square (now West Register House).