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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002509b.htm person Ramsay John Kt CBE FRCS AACR2 26 December 1872 6 February 1944 Place of Birth Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Place of Death Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Surgeon John Ramsay was surgeon-superintendent at Launceston General Hospital from 1898 to 1912. He also designed and built St Margaret's Hospital from which he commenced private practice. In 1906 he performed the first successful resuscitation of the heart by massage in Australia, opening the thorax of a patient who had clinically died during an operation.

During World War I he was Major in charge of surgery at Hornsey Military Hospital in Launceston. Ramsay was President of the Tasmanian branch of the British Medical Association (1925); Foundation Fellow of the Australasian College of Surgeons (1927); Chairman of the Northern Tasmanian division of St John Ambulance Association for 17 years (commander brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem 1937); President of the Launceston Club; first chairman of the Equity Trustees Co. of Tasmania and the Goliath Portland Cement Co.; Director of the board of Kiwi Polish Co.; and a member of the executive of the Medical Council of Tasmania, Crippled Children's Association, Anti-Cancer Campaign, and Red Cross Society. The Sir John Ramsay Memorial Library at the Launceston General Hospital was established in his memory in 1944.

1893 1893 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1894 1894 Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital 1895 1895 Career position - Resident Medical Officer in Auckland, New Zealand 1895 1898 Career position - House Surgeon at the Launceston General Hospital in Tasmania 1898 1912 Career position - Surgeon-Superintendent at the Launceston General Hospital 1902 1902 Education - Master of Surgery (MS), University of Melbourne 1912 Career position - Private practice at St Margaret's Hospital in Launceston 1912 1917 Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon at Launceston Hospital 1924 1924 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - for Public service 1925 1925 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Tasmanian branch 1925 1944 Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon at Launceston Hospital 1927 1944 Career event - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1929 Career position - Member of the board of management of the Launceston Hospital 1933 Career position - Chairman, Launceston Hospital 1939 1939 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt), for services to surgery. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1927

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 Ramsay, John (1872-1944)

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 'Ramsay, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ramsay, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: John Ramsay Anon Obituary: John Ramsay 1944 Medical journal of Australia 1 13 282-3 Book: Launceston General Hospital: the first hundred years, 1863 - 1963 Craig, C. Launceston General Hospital: the first hundred years, 1863 - 1963 Launceston Board of Management of the Launceston General Hospital 1963 Journal Article: Sir John Ramsay, C.B.E.,M.S., F.R.A.C.S. Anon Sir John Ramsay, C.B.E.,M.S., F.R.A.C.S. 1944 British medical journal 1 4337 271 Book: The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Kenny, Patrick (Sir) The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Melbourne, Victoria The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1984 Book: Master Surgeons: John Ramsay, Clifford Craig and Max Clemons: 2002 papers and proceedings Richards, Paul A.; Morris, John C. H.; and Scott, Allan Master Surgeons: John Ramsay, Clifford Craig and Max Clemons: 2002 papers and proceedings Launceston Launceston General Hospital Historical Committee 2002 Journal Article: The founders of the College: Western Australia Fleming, D. W. The founders of the College: Western Australia 1981 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 81 6 623-4 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996 Journal Article: Geoffrey Kaye Oration: anaesthesia - ideals and reality Barry, B. J. Geoffrey Kaye Oration: anaesthesia - ideals and reality 1989 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 17 2 213-9