Papers of Sir David Paton Cuthbertson, 1900-1989, biochemist, Scotland

• Memoirs of 1926-1934 written in 1978
• Case notes of Glasgow Royal Infirmary patients, with particular emphasis on diet, apparently extracted to serve as data for Cuthbertson's research into metabolism, nutrition and trauma 1931-1934

David Paton Cuthbertson was born in Kilmarnock in  1900  and educated at the  University of Glasgow. He gained the qualifications BSc in  1921 ; MB ChB in  1926 ; DSc in  1931 ; and MD in  1937 . Cuthbertson became a clinical biochemist at the  Glasgow Royal Infirmary from  1926-1934  and then a lecturer in physiological chemistry at the University of Glasgow between  1934-1945 . Cuthbertson was then the Director of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen from  1945-1965 . He retired  1965  to Troon but remained senior research fellow at Glasgow Royal Infirmary between  1965-1989 . Cuthbertson was awarded a CBE in  1957  and was then knighted in 1965. He died in  1989 .

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Sir David Cuthbertson

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Compiled by Alistair Tough, Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archivist, 23 July 1998

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Records held by Sir David Cuthbertson and within National Health Service prior to transfer

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GB 812 HB 14 and HH 67, Records of Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Obituary in British Medical Journal, vol. 298 (1989) p.1638