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Robert George Ferguson, O.B.E., B.A., M.D., LL.D., (12 September 1883 – 1964) was a pioneer in North America's fight against tuberculosis (TB) and the introduction of free treatment.〔Houston CS (1991) RG Ferguson, Crusader Against Tuberculosis. Toronto: Hanna Institute and Dundurn Press.〕〔''Steps on the Road to Medicare: Why Saskatchewan Led the Way''. C. Stuart Houston. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002〕 As Medical Director, and later as General Superintendent of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League Canada, he achieved many firsts for the province, including *first province in Canada to provide free treatment of tuberculosis *first province to initiate a vaccination program for its sanatorium personnel and the First Nations population *first province to conduct tuberculosis surveys 〔''Canadian Medical Association Journal'' April 18, 1964, Vol.90〕 Furthermore, Dr. Ferguson was a pioneer in long-term BCG vaccine research, quite controversial at the time. ==Biography== He was born 12 September 1883 on a farm near Joliette, North Dakota, where his parents had moved from Ontario. In 1903 the family moved to a homestead near Yorkton, Saskatchewan. "George's" education was interrupted following public school by a spell of homesteading on his own before starting high school in Winnipeg at the age of 20. At first he planned a career in the Church, and attended Wesley College (Manitoba), carrying out mission field work in Alberta in 1908 and 1912. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bronze Medal in Arts ''and'' being selected Senior Stick by classmates, his path changed and in 1916 he graduated in medicine, earning another Bronze Medal. In his final year of medical school he worked part-time in a laboratory making typhoid vaccine for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Dr. Ferguson's post-graduate work included training at the London Hospital in England, and at Harvard School of Medicine, Harvard University. Ferguson married the former Helen Ross of Wynyard, Saskatchewan in 1916. A detailed description of Ferguson's early year achievements and family can be found at http://fergusonfamilygenealogy.wordpress.com/r-george-ferguson-1883-1964/ () 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「R. G. Ferguson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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