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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2022-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005603b.htm person Pugh William Russ AACR2 25 October 1806 27 December 1897 Place of Birth Southwark, London, United Kingdom Place of Death London, United Kingdom Surgeon William Pugh was a medical practitioner who also pursued a range of other scientific pursuits. He arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1835. He was an active participant in the Tasmanian Natural History Society having been elected in 1839. When the Society became the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1848 Pugh thereby became a founding member. In 1844 he established a medical practice in Launceston for which he gained a considerable reputation as a practitioner. He equipped his practice with distilling apparatus which he used to prepare drugs from plants grown for the purpose, and for chemical analysis including on occasion examining samples for the coroner. Between 1846 and 1849 he made regular recordings of meteorological data which he published in the local newspaper and in the journal of the Royal Society of Tasmania. In 1847 he constructed anaesthetic equipment from a description in a London newspaper and performed the first operations under anaesthetic in any Australian colony. Pugh returned to the United Kingdom in the 1850s. 1835 1835 Life event - Arrived in Hobart 1839 1839 Life event - Elected Member, Tasmanian Natural History Society 1841 1844 Career event - Sub-agent for immigration and health officer for the port of Launceston 1844 1844 Career event - Established private medical practice in Launceston 1844 1844 Education - MD, University of Giessen, Germany Pugh, W R (18061025-18971227)

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 'Pugh, William Russ', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pugh, William Russ Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: William Russ Pugh's Remarkable Life: Natural Scientist, Innovative Anaesthetist and Founding Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania Paull, J. D. William Russ Pugh's Remarkable Life: Natural Scientist, Innovative Anaesthetist and Founding Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania 2011 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 39 4 18-26 Book: Persistence pays: the discovery of Dr William Russ Pughs' log and journal of his 1835 voyage from England to New Holland Pugh, W. R.: transcribed and edited by John Paull Persistence pays: the discovery of Dr William Russ Pughs' log and journal of his 1835 voyage from England to New Holland Lanena, Tas. John Paull 2017 Journal Article: St John's Hospital (Morton House), Launceston, Australia: a history of the hospital and Dr William Pugh's first operations under ether Haridas, R. P.; and Paull, J. D. St John's Hospital (Morton House), Launceston, Australia: a history of the hospital and Dr William Pugh's first operations under ether 2017 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 45 Supp. 29-36 Journal Article: William Russ Pugh's qualifications Paull, J. D. William Russ Pugh's qualifications 2007 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 35 Supp. 45-6 Edited Book: Anaesthesia: Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Celebration of William Russ Pugh's First Anaesthetic in Launceston Richards, Paul A. C.; and Ogden, Philip N. Anaesthesia: Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Celebration of William Russ Pugh's First Anaesthetic in Launceston South Launceston Myola House of Publishing 2006 Book Section: Pugh, William Russ (1805-1897), medical practitioner Craig, C. J. Pugh, William Russ (1805-1897), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 355 Journal Article: Dr Pugh and the Myth of the Illicit Still Paull, J. D. Dr Pugh and the Myth of the Illicit Still 2014 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 42 4 supp. 41-4 Book: Not Just an Anaesthetist: the Remarkable Life of Dr William Russ Pugh Paull, John D. Not Just an Anaesthetist: the Remarkable Life of Dr William Russ Pugh Lanena (Tas.) John Paull 2013 Journal Article: The Court of Medical Examiners, 1837 - 1901 Agnew, Brian The Court of Medical Examiners, 1837 - 1901 2021 Papers and proceedings of the Tasmanian Historical Research Association 68 1 40-5 Journal Article: Introduction of Surgical Anaesthesia in Van Diemen's Land Crowther, W. Introduction of Surgical Anaesthesia in Van Diemen's Land 1947 Medical Journal of Australia 8 Nov 1947 561-70