Maxwell was born in Scotland in 1836, and earned his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh. He thereafter trained in Berlin and Paris, becoming an outstanding surgeon.
西元一八三六年出生於蘇格蘭的馬雅各，畢業於英國愛丁堡醫學院，先後到柏林、巴黎醫學院受訓，是一位出色的外科醫師。