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This commemorative plaque records: This fountain has been erected in remembrance of Dr Hugh Dewar, Portobello, by his grateful patients and numerous friends who deplore the loss in the prime of manhood of a kind friend and a skilled and beloved physician. His quiet charity was known to the needy. 1866-1914

From the Open Plaques record 50313

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