Elizabeth Ross
Scottish physician · Doctors · Lived 1878 to 1915 · aged 37
Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross was a Scottish physician who worked in Persia among the Bakhtiari people. With training and a post-graduate qualification in tropical medicine, she responded to an appeal for doctors by the Serbian government in 1915 and treated Serbian casualties, most of whom were victims of typhus.
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About this person
Ross's life and work is commemorated by a plaque in her home town of Tain and her death anniversary is commemorated by ceremonies in Serbia, on 14 February.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1915 · aged 37
