Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish physician
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Place of Birth: London
About Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross
- Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross (14 February 1878 – 14 February 1915) was a Scottish physician who worked in Persia (presently Iran) 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.
- 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.
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