Source 3

Extract from Nigerian Government Gazette which features both Nigerian and British medical practitioners, women and men, 1940, Catalogue ref: CO 658/44

[Note: MBBCh - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. MBBS: Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. MBChB: Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery; M.D: Doctor of Medicine. M.S: Master of Science; M.R.C.S. Membership exam of the Royal College of Surgeons; L.M.R.C.P:  Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians (Ireland) D.P.H Doctor of Public Health; L.R.C.S: Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons. 

 

Edin: Edinburgh; Glas: Glasgow; Lond: London; Aberd: Aberdeen; Cantab: Cambridge; Manch: Manchester; Irel: Ireland.] 

 

 

LIST OF MEDICAL PRACTIONERS  

 

NAME AND QUALIFCATIONS  

 

Abayomi, Kofoworola  Adekunle, M.B. , ch.B (Edin) ,1928, M.D (Edin), 1936  

Adcock, Ernest William, M.B., ch.B (Edin.), 1913. 

Adefolu, Akinlawon, L.R.C.P, L.R.C.S (Edin.), 1924 L.R.F.P.S, 1924. 

Adeniyi-Jones, Curtis Crispin, M.B., B.S (Durham), 1901. 

Adesigbin, Latunde Olufemi, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S (Edin.), L.R.F.P & S (Glasg.), 1929. 

Ajose, Oladele Adebayo, M.B, ch.B (Glasg.), 1932 D.P.H (Glasg.), 1935, M.D, 1939. 

Akerele, Elizabeth Abimbola, L., L.M.R.C.P (Ireland), 1936. 

Akerele, Flavius Abiola, M.B, ch.B, N.U (Ireland.) 1935. 

Alakija, Mobolaji Olushola, M.B, ch.B (Glasg), 1937. 

Alakija, Omodele Babafunso, M.R.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond.), 1937. 

Anders, James Clarence, L.R.C.P & s, (Edin.), 1928. 

Anderson, Norman Eric Wilson, M.B., ch.B , 1931 (St. Andrews) D.P.H ., 1933 . 

Anstin Gwendolen Ellen, L.R.C.P., 1931. M.B., B.S (Lond.), 1931 M.D (Lond.), 1933 

Ayalogu, Edmond Onyisi , Licentiate of the School of Medicine of Nigeria 1939.  

Banks, Leslie Wilson, M.B., ch.B (Edin.) . 1929. 

Barber, Thaddeus Barleycorn, M.D., M.S (Edin.) 1892. 

Barnden, Percy William, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Eng) (Lond.), 1915. 

Barnes, Joseph, M.B., ch.B., N.U (Irel.), 1938. 

Batley, Sybil Kathleen, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.),1925. 

Bean, Alexander Herbert, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond.)1921. 

Beaugie, Donald Mcnicoll, L.R.C.S, L.R.C.P. (Edin.), 1932, L.R.F.P.S (Edin), 1932. 

Bell, Arthur Lincoln Way, M.R.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond.), 1935, F.R.C. S (Edin.), 1938. 

Bell, Derek Copsland, M.B, B.S (Durham), 1923. 

Beveridge, Jessie Hawkesworth, M.B., ch.B 

 (Durham) 1923. 

Black, Stanley Alfred Briscoe M.B., ch.B. (Aberd.), 1931, D.P.H. (Aberd), 1933. 

Boardman, Humphrey Malomo Samuel, L.R.C.P., L.R.F.P.S., L.R.C.S. (Edin.), 1937, L.R.F.P.S (Glasg.), 1937. 

Boucher, Hugh Benjamin, M.B., B.S, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Edin.), 1937, L.R.F.P.S (Glasg.), 1937. 

Bradbury, Eric, B.ch. (Cantab.) 1933. 

Braithwaite, Eldred Curwen, M.B., B.S., 1909, M.S., 1913 (Durham), B.H.Y. D.P.H.  (Durham), 1910, M.R.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond.) 1909, F.R.C.S (Edin), 1922. 

Branch, Arthur Gordon Waterman, M.R.C.S, (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), 1934. 

Brander, George Gordon, M.B, ch.B  (Edin.) 1925 . 

Briercliffe, Sir Rupert, Kt., C.M.G., O.B.E., M.B., Ch.B (Manch), 1910, M.D. (Manch.), 1936, M.R.C.P (Lond), 1935, D.P.H. 1912.  

Brockway, Eric Norman, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P, (Lond), 1932. 

Brown, James Arthur Kinnear, M.B. ch.B (Manch.), 1929, MR.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.), 1929. 

Bullen, Mrs. Ella Mabel Oswald, M.B.C.A (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond.), 1928. 

Bournie, Robert McCall, M.B., ch.B (Edin) 1919, M.R.C.P (Edin.), 1923. 

Bury, Edward John, M.R.C.S (Eng.) L.B.C.2 (Lond), 1934. 

Caffery, Patric Joseph, M. B, B.ch, N.U (Irel) 1921. 

Campion, Charles Philip, M.R.C.S (Eng.), L.R.C.P (Lond), 1927. 

Carey, Margaret Mary Barter, M.R.C.S. (Eng) L.R.C.P (Lond), 1934. 

Cauchi, Joseph M.D (Malta), 1919, D.F.H (Lond), 1925. 

Caulerick, John Akilade, M.B (Durham), 1919. 

Chandler, Lawrence Harold, M.B., (Ch.B) (Liverpool) 1937. 

Clark, Edward James, M.B, ch.B., (Edin), 1915, D.P.H (Liverpool), 1922. 

Clark, George M.B., ch. B (Liverpool), 1922. 

Coker, Adeniga Olabode, M.B, ch.B, (Glasg.) (Edina) 1934.  

Cole, Richard Olatude Taylor, M.B ch.B (Glasg.), 1929.  

Cook, Albert Bickersteth, M.B.C.S, L.B.C.P (Eng), 1931, M.B., B.S, ch.B (Manch.),1925. 

Crawford, William, M.B., ch. B (Lond) (1928) 

Crosby, Leslie Howard, M.B, ch.B.(Edin),1923. 

Cullen, Thomas M.B., ch. B. (Glasg), (1917) 

Dale, William Chalmers, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 19. M.B., B.S. (Lond.) 1912. 

Dalrymple, Thomas Hardie, M.B., ch.B. (Ging), 1925. 

Davey, Thomas Frank,M.B., ch.B. (Manch)  1935. 

Davidson, William George, M.B., ch.R (….) St. Andrew, 1936. 

De Marra Ajjose, M.B., ch.B. (Edin), 1912. 

Dippenaar, Michael Christoffe, M.B., R.D (Dublin), 1917. 

Dodds, George Edward, M.B., B.ch.,1926. 

Doherty, Joseph Akanni , M.B.C.S (…) L.R.C.P (Lond.), 1930 , M.B., B.S. (Lond) 1931.  

Dunlevy, Patrick Alphonsus, M.B., B.ch, N.U, 1920. 

Ebden, Beatrice Emily, M.R.C.S ( Eng.) , (Lond.), 1922. 

Eddy, Trewavas Pearce, M.R.C.S (Eng.) 19.. L.R.C.P (Lond.) ,1936. 

Edmunds, Herbert Glyn, L.M.S.S.A.(Lond.) ,1930. 

Ellis, Maurice, M.R.C.S (Eng,) L.R.C.P. ( Lond.) ,1930. 

 

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