Cover image for
Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Metadata
Asset Name:
E004653 - Stusser, Israel (1876 - 1943)
Title:
Stusser, Israel (1876 - 1943)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004653
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-11-20
Description:
Obituary for Stusser, Israel (1876 - 1943), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Stusser, Israel
Date of Birth:
1876
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
11 August 1943
Place of Death:
Sea Point, Cape, South Africa
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 14 November 1901

FRCS 11 June 1903

LRCP 1901
Details:
Born in London in 1876, the eldest son of Abraham Stusser, merchant, and his wife, *née* Sladowsky. He was educated at the South African College, Capetown, but returned to England for his medical training at the London Hospital. After holding resident posts there he studied under August Bier in Berlin and Anton von Eiselsberg in Vienna. Stusser returned to South Africa in 1905 for the sake of his health, and practised at Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, where he held the official post of district surgeon. He served for a time as chairman of the 1st division of the Cape Western branch of the South African Medical Association, affiliated to the British Medical Association. Stusser married in 1907 Pauline Lewin, and there were three daughters of the marriage. He died at Sea Point, Cape, on 11 August 1943. He was a linguist and classical scholar.
Sources:
*S Afr med J* 1943, 17, 268

Information given by his brother, Joseph Stusser of Outdshoorn
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004600-E004699
Media Type:
Unknown