Charles MacLaurin, son of Sir Normand MacLaurin, former Chancellor of Sydney University, was a well-known surgeon and lecturer in Clinical Surgery. MacLaurin served in the Australian armed forces in World War I and wrote two popular books of medical essays, Post-Mortem : Essays Historical and Medical (1923) and Mere Mortals : Medico-Historical Essays (1925).
Source: Rodd, L. C. The Australian Essay. Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1964. pp. 155 & 211.
