Complex sentence: Two of her brothers had studied for higher medical degrees in Edinburgh, and Robert (1830--1873) had also obtained a MRCS from UCL in 1862 and a MD from Edinburgh in 1852 and was appointed to the staff of the Sydney Infirmary.
Split into simpler sentences: Two of her brothers had studied for higher medical degrees in Edinburgh. Indeed, Robert (1830--1873) had obtained a MRCS from UCL in 1862 and a MD from Edinburgh in 1852 and was appointed to the staff of the Sydney Infirmary.