Gerlach, Johann Gerhard Heinrich (1884-91+)

updated August 27, 2013

Prussian State License 1868. Hong Kong nlt.1884. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884. Private Practitioner. HKCMC, Founding Committee 1887; Lecturer in Materia Medica and Therapeutics 1887-91. Residence: #1 Alexandra Terrace 1884-89.

[Gerlach was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ABCFM - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
(Aberd.) - Aberdeen, Scotland; University of Aberdeen
aft. - after
AMD - the British Army Medical Department; became the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) after 1898
AMHosp. - Alice Memorial Hospital; Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals
BAO - Bachelor of Obstetrics
DBS - Bachelor of Dental Surgery
DBSc - Bachelor of Dental Science
bef. - before
BMA - British Medical Association
BMid - Bachelor of Midwifery
BOE - Board of Examiners
bro/o - brother of
BS - Bachelor of Surgery
bur. - buried
ca. - circa (about)
Calif. - California; University of California
CAMC - Canadian Army Medical Corps
(Cantab.) - Cambridge, England; University of Cambridge
CB - Companion of the Order of Bath
CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CDTC - Certificate in Diseases of Tropical Climates
ChB - Bachelor of Surgery
CM - Master of Surgery
CMCS - China Medico-Chirurgical Society
CMG - Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Co. - County
CRAS - Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch
d/o - daughter of
d.um - died unmarried
DCh - Doctor of Surgery
DCH - Diploma in Child Health
DCPSA - Diploma of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
DD - Doctor of Divinity
DDM - Doctor of Dental Medicine
DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery
DGO - Diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics
DLO - Diploma in Laryngology and Otology
DO - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
DOMS - Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery
DPH - Diploma in Public Health
DMD - Doctor of Dental Medicine
DOMS - Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine & Surgery
DrPH - Doctor of Public Health
DSC - Distinguished Service Cross
DSO - Distinguished Service Order
DTMH - Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
(Dubl.) - Dublin; University of Dublin
(Edin.) - Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh
(Eng.) - England
EOP - End of Period; in the context of this dictionary, and theoretically, the last day of 1941
fa/o - father of
FASGBI - Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
FCCP - Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians (of the United States)
FHKAM - Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
FICS - Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (Chicago based)
FRAMI - Fellow Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
FRCGP - Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners
FRCI - Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute
FRCO - Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
FRCOG - Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FRFPS - Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons
FRIPH - Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health
FRMCS - Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
FRS - Fellow of the Royal Society
FRSM - Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
FRSTMH - Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
GC Hosp. - Government Civil Hospital
(Glas.) - Glasgow; University of Glasgow
[h.a.] - in this year
(Harv.) - University of Harvard
HKBMA - British Medical Association Hong Kong and China Branch
HKCMA – Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association
HKCMC - Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1887- 1915), renamed Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1907
(HK) - Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong
HKGCC - Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
HKCGCC - Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
HKU - Hong Kong University
HKVDC – Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps
(Illio.) - University of Illinois
IMS - Indian Medical Service
(Irel.) - Ireland
(ISMD – Indian Subordinate Medical Department
JP - Justice of the Peace
KHP - Honorary Physician to the King
KHS - Honorary Surgeon to the King
KQCPI - King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland
KStJ - Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Kt. - Knight Bachelor
(L'pool.) - Liverpool; University of Liverpool
LDS - Licentiate in Dental Surgery
LDSRCS - Licentiate in Dental Surgery of Royal College of Surgeons
LLD - Doctor of Laws
LM - Licentiate in Midwifery
LMCC - Licentiate of the Medical Council in Canada
LMRCP - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians
LMRCS - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons
LMS – Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery
LMSA - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries
LMSSA – Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries
(Lond.) - London; University of London
LSA - Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries
m. - married; marriage
m/1, m/2 - married first, married second, etc.
MA - Master of Arts
MAB - Medical Advisory Board (to the Governor)
MB - Bachelor of Medicine
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire
MC - Military Cross
MCPSA - Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
MCPSM - Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
MID - Mention in Dispatches
MOH - Medical Officer of Health
MOS - Medical Officer for Schools
MRCP - Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MRCS - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
MSA - Member of the Society of Apothecaries
[n.d.] - no date
net. - no earlier than
nlt. - no later than
OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(Ont.) - University of Ontario
(Oxon.) - Oxford, England; University of Oxford
PCMO - Principal Civil Medical Officer
Penn. - Pennsylvania University
PMO - Principal Medical Officer (military, usually from the army)
PMOH - Principal Medical Officer of Health
QHS - Honorary Surgeon of the Queen
RAFMS - the British Royal Air Force Medical Services
RAMC - the British Royal Army Medical Corps
RASC - the British Royal Army Service Corps
RN - the British Royal Navy
RNMS - Royal Navy Medical Services
RNVR - Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
(Rot.) - Rotunda Hospital
s/o - son of
SBStJ – Serving Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
si/o - sister of
[s.n.] - sine nomine (without a name)
[s.p.] - sine prole (without offspring)
(St. And.) - University of St. Andrews
(Tor.) - University of Toronto
VD - Volunteers Decoration
WAMS - West Africa Medical Staff
wef - with effect from

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Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitioners in Hong Kong: 1841-1941