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X:1 T:Doctor Whyte (North View, Elgin) T:Dr. Whyte C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey S:Skinner - Miller o' Hirn Collection (1881, No. 57, p. 31) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A [E2c2]|A3F EC3 EA3A3c|(BF3) B3A GB3 Be3|A3F EC3 E3A3c|(3B2c2d2 (3G2A2B2 cA3A2:| [e2g2]|a3g .a.g.f.e .f.e.d.c .d.c.B.A|d3e fedc dcBA [GB]e3|a3g agfe fedc dcBA|B2e2 ^d2f2 g2e2e2=g2| .f2D2 .F.d3 (^d2e2) (a2g2)|T(b2a2) T(g2f2) T(e2d2) T(c2B2)|A3FEC3 EA3 c3A|(3B2c2d2 (3G2A2B2 cA3A2!D.C.!||



DR. WHYTE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Dr. Whyte (North View, Elgin)" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927). Dr. Whyte is listed among those who were patrons or paid tuition to the dancing academies that Skinner and his wife ran in Aberdeenshire. George Whyte was a medical doctor in Elgin, who served as house surgeon to Gray's Hospital and charity establishments and who contributed to journals[1]. Dr. Whyte was also an inventor; he proposed a system of automatic railroad semaphore signals for safety, invented improvements in electric lights and lamps, and received one-half of a patent for a photographic bath. Unfortunately, he must have run into financial difficulties as there is a notice dating November, 1884, that his estates were sequestered by the Sheriff of Elgin, against his creditors.


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Printed sources : - J. Scott Skinner (Miller o' Hirn Collection), 1881;No. 57, p. 31.






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  1. George Whyte, MD, "Case of Ileus Relieved by Inflation," Medical Times and Gazette, Nov. 27, 1869, p. 622. Dr. Whyte pumped air through an anal tube into the abdomen, causing considerable pain to the female patient, but with excellent results and full recovery following the ordeal.