He left Paris in the summer of 1815. He returned via Brussels, and in early June passed the then unknown village of Waterloo where two weeks later it would pass into world history with the defeat of Napoleon. He set up in private practice in his home town of Glasgow at 157 West George Street.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1835 He instigated the Glasgow Eye Infirmary in 1824. He also lectured in the Institutes of Medicine at the University of Glasgow 1832 to 1839, gaining his MD in 1833. In 1839 he began lecturing in the Practice of Medicine. In 1841 he was created Professor of Forensic Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence. He resigned in 1862 to concentrate on his ongoing private practice.
