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Dr George Washington Wales Brewster

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Dr George Washington Wales Brewster

Birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Sep 1939 (aged 73)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2931353, Longitude: -71.111126
Plot
Section 8, Lot 8326 on Abutilon Path
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He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1893.

Dr. Brewster then worked as a medical intern at the Massachusetts General Hospital; he was a house pupil on the East Surgical Service under the tutelage of Dr. Maurice Howe Richardson. He served as a member on the hospital's staff from 1900 to 1926.

During that time, Dr. Brewster held such titles as Surgeon to Out-Patients (gynecology), Assistant Visiting Surgeon, and finally Visiting Surgeon. It was upon his retirement that he was named to the MGH Board of Consultation, and he became an honorary surgeon in 1937.

Dr. Brewster also had an appointment as an associate in surgery from 1917 to 1927 at Harvard Medical School.
He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1893.

Dr. Brewster then worked as a medical intern at the Massachusetts General Hospital; he was a house pupil on the East Surgical Service under the tutelage of Dr. Maurice Howe Richardson. He served as a member on the hospital's staff from 1900 to 1926.

During that time, Dr. Brewster held such titles as Surgeon to Out-Patients (gynecology), Assistant Visiting Surgeon, and finally Visiting Surgeon. It was upon his retirement that he was named to the MGH Board of Consultation, and he became an honorary surgeon in 1937.

Dr. Brewster also had an appointment as an associate in surgery from 1917 to 1927 at Harvard Medical School.


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