Alexander Ogston

Sir Alexander Ogston KCVO MB CM MD was a Scottish surgeon, famous for his discovery of Staphylococcus aureus. He was born in Aberdeen in 1844 and died there in 1929. He was the eldest son of Prof. Francis Ogston (1803-1887), Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Aberdeen. Ogston began his medical training at Marischal College in 1862 and graduated in 1865 with honours in medicine and surgery. He obtained his MD a year later in 1866. He was Assistant Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Materia Medica, Lecturer in Ophthalmology and Anaesthetist before being appointed as Regius Professor of Surgery in 1882. He is credited with introducing the carbolic spray to Aberdeen. During his undergraduate studies, Ogston had...