| Description Of Item | Form completed by doctors at the request of the SMSEC, which was set up by the Scottish Committee of the British Medical Association in order to manage shortages of doctors in wartime.
This form contains the following information:
Not Commissioned (Registration)
Qualifications: LRCP&S Ed
Address: 4 Baldovan Road, Downfield
City/Town: Dundee
Present work: General Practitioner Panel
Age in 1916: 41
Additional information: [Note at bottom with a section underlined in red] 'I have not as yet signed on for Lieut RAMC (General Service) as I am willing to offer my services as such only when unmarried doctors are called upon first, as under the group system in Lord Denley’s Scheme, also the practice here could not be properly worked from the central medical office in Dundee as it is too outlying for city doctors to work efficiently. The major portion of my practice is private and it would suffer unduly in my absence more in proportion than panel practice which is at present legally protected. I am also medically unfit for general service but not for home service'. Letter attached. |