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Story April 6, 1954

The West End News

Frederiksted, Saint Croix County, Virgin Islands

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Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital appoints Dr. Benjamin Nath as chest disease specialist in April 1954 and Dr. A.B. Maloney as pharmacology head, completing the medical staff after previous doctors' departures.

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Dr. Benjamin Nath joined the staff of the Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital on April, 1954. Dr. Nath was formerly chief resident at the Medical Service Triboro Hospital Jamaica, L. I. He is a graduate of Royal University Siena, Italy 1937.

The Commissioner of Health takes pleasure in welcoming Dr. Nath to the Staff as a Specialist in diseases of the chest.

The Commissioner of Health is pleased to announce that Dr. A.B. Maloney, recently Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Materia Medica at Howard University, Washington, D.C. will be joining the Staff of the Knud-Hansen Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Maloney is a graduate of the University of Indiana, College of Medicine and holds a Ph.D. Degree in Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin. He is best known for his discovery of Picrotoxin, an antidote for

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The addition of these two outstanding members of the Medical Profession completes the Medical Staff of the Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital; the positions formerly held by Doctors Rumsch, Mc. Donald, and Szepessy have now been filled.

What sub-type of article is it?

Biography Historical Event

What themes does it cover?

Triumph

What keywords are associated?

Hospital Staff Medical Appointments Chest Specialist Pharmacology Picrotoxin Discovery

What entities or persons were involved?

Dr. Benjamin Nath Dr. A.B. Maloney Doctors Rumsch Mc. Donald Szepessy

Where did it happen?

Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital

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Key Persons

Dr. Benjamin Nath Dr. A.B. Maloney Doctors Rumsch Mc. Donald Szepessy

Location

Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital

Event Date

April 1954

Story Details

Dr. Nath, graduate of Royal University Siena 1937 and former chief resident at Triboro Hospital, joins as chest disease specialist. Dr. Maloney, Indiana Medical graduate with Ph.D. from Wisconsin known for Picrotoxin discovery, joins from Howard University. Their additions complete the staff, filling positions of departed doctors.

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