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Buist, John Robinson

physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 13, 1834, in Charleston, S. C. In 1860 he settled in Nashville, Tenn.; and for four years was a surgeon in the confederate service. He has since practiced his profession with success in Nashville; was at one time professor of oval surgery in the Vanderbilt university; was also professor of surgery in the university of the South; and is at present professor of neurology in the medical department of the Vanderbilt university; and a prolific contributor to various medical journals.