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Type of entity
Person
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Harrison, Jack Elmer, 1899-1980
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Dates of existence
1899-1980
History
Dr. Jack Elmer Harrison was born on December 28, 1899 in Ontario. He graduated from McGill Medical School in 1923 and did postgraduate training in New York, Hungary and Vienna and practiced in Vancouver from 1926 until his retirement. He was senior obstetrician and gynecologist at Vancouver General Hospital and an associate professor in obstetrics and gynecology in the medical faculty of the University of British Columbia. He developed special techniques in many gynecological procedures and introduced the operation of vaginal hysterectomy and repair to Vancouver. He died on July 17, 1980 at age 80 (from his obituary "Dr. J.E. Harrison" by W.F. Bie, MD, CM, Cert. RCPS(C) in British Columbia Medical Journal, 1980, vol. 22, no. 9).