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Asset Name:
E005918 - Macrae, Robert Cunningham Bruce (1897 - 1970)
Title:
Macrae, Robert Cunningham Bruce (1897 - 1970)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005918
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-09-12
Description:
Obituary for Macrae, Robert Cunningham Bruce (1897 - 1970), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Macrae, Robert Cunningham Bruce
Date of Birth:
1897
Place of Birth:
New Zealand
Date of Death:
1970
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1924

MB ChB Edinburgh
Details:
Robert Cunningham Bruce Macrae was born in New Zealand and served in the New Zealand Army Medical Corps in the first world war. He graduated in Edinburgh, and after obtaining the FRCS in 1924 he practised in Milford Haven before going out to Port Elizabeth in 1931 where he joined Dr James Gilbert in general practice. From 1940 onwards he specialized in surgery and was on the staff of the Provincial Hospital till he retired at the age of 60, though he continued to work in the ENT department of the Livingstone Hospital. He established a considerable reputation for his successful surgery and the care he took of his patients, and his good qualities were acknowledged by his colleagues in his election as President of the Medical Association. He was also keenly interested in the work of the Red Cross. In his leisure time he enjoyed golf, and also made regular big game hunting trips to Northern Rhodesia where he had the misfortune to be mauled by a wounded lion, but the injuries, which included the loss of a finger, did not prevent his return to his surgical work. He remained fully active till the time of his sudden death in 1970 at the age of 73.
Sources:
*S Afr med J* 1970, 44, 825
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005900-E005999
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