Person    | Male  Born 1819  Died 1876

Edmund Alexander Parkes

Categories: Medicine

Born Oxfordshire. In Burma with the army he investigated cholera and dysentery.

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Dr John Waggett

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1 memorial
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Bethleham Hospital 1&2

Bethleham Hospital 1&2

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4 memorials