Article Nº 3262 Physician or health professional Vol. III · p. 393
Ross (Dr Archibald Colquhoun)
Original title: Ross (Dr. Archibald Colquhoun)
English physician resident in Funchal for about twenty years who returned from England to treat victims of the 1856 cholera epidemic and died of the disease.
An English physician who lived in Funchal for about 20 years. He had been in England since June 1856 when he learned that the cholera epidemic was raging on this island. He returned at once to Funchal to give the sick his medical services, was struck down by the disease on 5 September 1856 and died the following day. His death was deeply mourned by the whole population of Funchal, who had not failed to notice the act of self-sacrifice and courage performed by Dr Ross.
People mentioned
- Archibald Colquhoun Ross d. 1856