James Macartney: A Memoir is a biographical work written by Alexander Macalister and published in 1900. The book tells the story of James Macartney, a prominent Irish physician and medical educator who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. Macartney was born in 1770 and grew up in a family of doctors. He studied medicine at Trinity College in Dublin and went on to become a professor of anatomy and physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland...