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Dr. James Thorburn, (b. Queenston, Ontario, 21 November 1830 – d. Toronto, Ontario, 26 May 1905) was a Canadian physician, medical researcher, military surgeon, university professor and an executive member of several medical organizations.〔(Thorburn, James, Canadian physician ) Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (caveat emptor), Vol. VI, pg.100, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1889. Retrieved online at the Internet Archive 2009-05-14.〕 == Biography == James Thorburn was the son of David Thorburn (1790–1862) M.P., a parliamentary member for Lincoln County, Upper Canada for many years.〔 The younger Thorburn received his education at the University of Toronto where he graduated as a physician in 1855, and at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied pharmacology.〔 James Thorburn became a medical doctor in Toronto, Ontario, a ''Surgeon-Major'' in the Queen's Own Rifles militia, and also a professor of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Toronto. Additionally, he was a consulting surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital, a physician of the Boys' Home and the Hospital for Sick Children), and was also connected with other institutions, both charitable and financial, in his capacity as a physician.〔 Thorburn contributed approximately 400 articles on medicine and other subjects to journals, and wrote and published the ''"Manual of Life Insurance Examination"'' (Toronto, 1887),〔〔(Origin and Organization of the Canadian Medical Association, with the Proceedings of the Meetings Held in Quebec, October, 1867, and Montreal, September, 1868 ), Canadian Medical Association, 1868〕 plus ''"Life Insurance and the Relations Existing Between It and Medical Men"''.〔 〕 He was also elected to the presidency of the Canadian Medical Association in 1895, and represented the association at its annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec in 1896;〔Scientific Notes and News, Science, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 45 (Nov. 8, 1895), pp. 619-625, American Association for the Advancement of Science〕 as well as being the president of the Toronto chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses.〔"News", British Medical Journal, U.K., June 8, 1901.〕 In 1901 he was also elected to the executive of the Toronto branch of the Anti-Consumption League.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Thorburn (Canadian physician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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