Louis David COHEN

MRCS LRCP 1913, FRCS (Edin) 1919

Born Palmerston North 1887             Died Wellington 26 Sep 1946

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Medical training and Resident appointments at London Hospital

WW1 service with the "old contemptibles" in France, and in Palestine

Postgraduate studies in England & 6 months in India, studying eye diseases

Returned to NZ in 1920

Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Eye Ear Nose and Throat Department, Wellington Hospital 1920 - 1936

Specialised in Ophthalmic surgery, but obituary notes that he made his own bronchoscopes at home in his workshop.

 

Obituary: NZMJ 1946 45:571

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection
Last updated 25 October 2016.