greatest of all contributions to the end attained. I do not say that she has been the ultimate cause of success. The ultimate cause has been simply this, that the time was at hand. It is one of the lessons of the history of progress that when the time for reform has come you cannot resist it, though if you make the attempt, what you may do is to widen its character or precipitate its advent. Opponents, when the time has come, are not merely dragged at the chariot wheels of progress – they help to turn them. The strongest forces, whichever way it seems to work, does most to aid. The forces of greatest concentration here have been, in my view, on the one hand the Edinburgh University led by Sir Robert Christison, on the other the women claimants led by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake.″ Family On 20 October 1827 he and Henrietta Sophia Brown (1799–1843) were married and together they had three sons, including Sir Alexander Christison (who inherited the baronetcy) and Dr David Christison (1830-1912). Works A Dispensatory, or Commentary on the Pharmacopoeias of Great Britain : comprising the natural History, Description, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Actions, Uses, and Doses of the Articles of the Materia Medica. 2nd Ed. with 213 Ill. / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard, 1848. Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf See also Douglas Maclagan Christison baronets References Citations Bibliography entry for Robert Christison, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1797 births 1882 deaths 19th-century Scottish people Medical doctors from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British toxicologists Medical jurisprudence Scottish surgeons 19th-century Scottish medical doctors Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Presidents of the British Medical Association Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Burials at the New Calton Burial Ground Scottish twins