Berg, John Wilhelm (1851 - 1931)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E003830 - Berg, John Wilhelm (1851 - 1931)

Title
Berg, John Wilhelm (1851 - 1931)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E003830

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2013-04-10

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Berg, John Wilhelm (1851 - 1931), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Berg, John Wilhelm

Date of Birth
1851

Date of Death
21 August 1931

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
Hon FRCS 25 July 1900

Details
Son of Fredrik Theodor Berg, physician and head of the central statistics bureau, Stockholm. He succeeded Rossanders as professor of surgery at the Caroline Institute, Stockholm in 1893, married in 1881 Marie Louise, daughter of his master Carl Gustav Santesson, and died on 21 August 1931. He wrote on the treatment of ectopia vesicae in *Surg Gynec Obstet*. 1907, 5, 461. There is a portrait of him in the Honorary Fellows' album in the College library.

Sources
*Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar*, 1931, 73, 903, with portrait
 
*Acta chir Scand*. 1931, 69, 1, with portrait
 
*Acta radiol Stockh*. 1931, 12, 413

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/E003000-E003999/E003800-E003899

URL for File
376013

Media Type
Unknown