The Royal College of Physicians is Edinburgh was founded in 1681 and each year since then elects new fellows.  This year I was elected and had the opportunity to come to Edinburgh for the induction ceremonies.   Amy and the girls and I flew to Edinburgh, checked in to a wonderful B&B (Gerald’s Place) and the next morning got up early to run to the top of Arthur’s Seat (photo at right), a volcanic hill on the edge of old Edinburgh.  We toured the Castle and Royal Mile, had high tea, and dinner the second night.  The next day we strolled several blocks to the Queen Street office of the RCP and returned home to put on formal wear.  At 12:30 we began a day of photos, ceremonies and tours to appreciate the long history of medicine in Scotland.  Past fellows discovered the value of lime to treat scurvy, digitalis to treat heart failure, and one’s son (Charles Darwin) wrote a famous book on the origin in species.  (All these original editions were on display in one of the Queen Street office libraries.)  Then in the evening Amy and I returned for the reception and formal dinner.  It was an evening unlike any other in our lives, with a striking setting and wonderful people with whom to speak and enjoy dinner.  What a day.