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Nigel Francis Scarth Rusted, CM ONL FRSC (July 1, 1907 – March 18, 2012) was a Canadian medical doctor. He is credited with having made outstanding contributions to the medical profession in Newfoundland and Labrador. When, due to the efforts of his brother Ian, a medical school was established at Memorial University, he served as clinical professor of surgery at the school in 1968. He had also served on the first board of regents for Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1951 to 1957. He married Florence Anderson and they had three children.
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| dbo:abstract | Nigel Francis Scarth Rusted, CM ONL FRSC (July 1, 1907 – March 18, 2012) was a Canadian medical doctor. He is credited with having made outstanding contributions to the medical profession in Newfoundland and Labrador. The son of Rev. Canon Ernest Rusted and Faith Hollands Rusted, he was born in Salvage, Newfoundland and grew up in Upper Island Cove. Rusted attended high school in St. John's and attended newly established Memorial University College, graduating in 1927. He attended Dalhousie Medical School and, during the summers, worked as health officer aboard the SS Kyle, which visited communities along the Labrador coast. He interned at the tuberculosis sanatorium in Kentville, at the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow and at the in Halifax. After graduating in 1933, Rusted accepted a position at the . After suffering a severe throat infection in 1935, he worked on the floating clinic ship MV Lady Anderson for a year. In 1936, he opened a private clinic in St. John's and also became a junior surgeon at the General Hospital. From 1954 to 1968, he served as chief surgeon at the General Hospital. He also served as medical director, chief of staff and chief surgeon at the Grace General Hospital. Over his career, he served as senior consultant at all four hospitals in St. John's of the time: St. John’s General Hospital, , Grace General Hospital and Janeway Child Health Centre. Rusted retired from surgery in 1982 at the age of 75 and, in 1987, he retired from clinical practice. When, due to the efforts of his brother Ian, a medical school was established at Memorial University, he served as clinical professor of surgery at the school in 1968. He had also served on the first board of regents for Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1951 to 1957. He married Florence Anderson and they had three children. Rusted died at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's at the age of 104. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Nigel Francis Scarth Rusted, CM ONL FRSC (July 1, 1907 – March 18, 2012) was a Canadian medical doctor. He is credited with having made outstanding contributions to the medical profession in Newfoundland and Labrador. When, due to the efforts of his brother Ian, a medical school was established at Memorial University, he served as clinical professor of surgery at the school in 1968. He had also served on the first board of regents for Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1951 to 1957. He married Florence Anderson and they had three children. (en) |
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