Brush, John Ramsay (1817 - 1891)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E001007 - Brush, John Ramsay (1817 - 1891)

Title
Brush, John Ramsay (1817 - 1891)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E001007

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2010-05-26

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Brush, John Ramsay (1817 - 1891), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Brush, John Ramsay

Date of Birth
27 February 1817

Date of Death
18 November 1891

Place of Death
Clifton

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
Chevalier Legion of Honour
 
MRCS May 15th 1840
 
FRCS April 12th 1860
 
LSA 1840
 
MD Heidelberg 1839
 
1st MB Lond 1840
 
MRCP Lond 1860

Details
Born February 27th, 1817. Educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and in Paris. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 26th Foot on June 8th, 1841, was transferred to the St Helena Regiment on August 4th, 1843, and to the 2nd Dragoons on October 13th of the same year. He became Staff Surgeon (2nd Class) on April 2nd, 1852, was transferred to the 93rd Foot on May 14th, was further transferred to the 2nd Dragoons on July 21st, 1854, and joined the Staff once more (2nd Class) on January 18th, 1856, being placed on half pay on October 11th, and restored to full pay on September 21st, 1860, on receiving an appointment. He retired on half pay on August 16th, 1861. He was at one time Surgeon to the 17th Depot Battalion at Limerick, and at the time of his retirement Surgeon to the Military Prison at Gosport. He saw much active war service, being Assistant Surgeon to the 26th Cameronians during the first Chinese War (1841-1842), for which he was awarded a Medal. In Turkey he was Surgeon to the 93rd Highlanders and to the Scots Greys during the Crimean Campaign, and was present at Balaklava, Inkermann, Tchernaya, Sebastopol, etc. For this service he was awarded a Medal with three Clasps, the Turkish Medal, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In his latter years he lived at Newton Abbot, South Devon, and then at 2 Eaton Villas, Duchess Road, Clifton, where he died, November 18th, 1891. Publications:- “Observations on Glanders,” a paper read before the Paris Medical Society and printed in *Prov. Med. and Surg. Jour.*, 1841, ii, 222, 241. “Successful Treatment of Poisoning by One Ounce of Oxalic Acid.” – *Lancet*, 1861. “Cancer of the Pylorus.” – *Lond. Med. Gaz.*, 1851, xlvii, 980.

Sources
Johnston’s *R.A.M.C. Roll*, No. 4644

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/E001000-E001999/E001000-E001099

URL for File
373190

Media Type
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