Complex sentence: From about 1884 he acted as Professorial Assistant to William Leishman, Professor of Midwifery at Glasgow and in 1888 he was appointed Obstetric Physician to the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.
Split into simpler sentences: From about 1884 he acted as Professorial Assistant to William Leishman, Professor of Midwifery at Glasgow. And in 1888 he was appointed Obstetric Physician to the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.