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183:. A second practice was acquired by the university, and Scott was appointed director of the general practice teaching unit. During that decade the University of Edinburgh's general practice teaching unit was developed.
194:(RCGP) formed in 1952 and Scott was honorary secretary of the RCGP's Scottish Council 1953–1969. He retired from medicine in 1979. He died on 28 November 1983, at the age of 69, after a long illness.
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