Hughes, George Arthur (1901)

updated November 3, 2013

b. May 18, 1851, Clonmel, Ireland – d. April 13, 1926. BA, MBCM (Dubl.) 1875. RAMC, Surgeon February 4, 1877; Afghan War 1878-80; Candahar 1898;  Bechuanaland 1884-85; Major February 4, 1889; Ashanti Campaign 1895-96; Lieutenant-Colonel; February 4, 1897; Sudan 1898; Hong Kong nlt.1901, Principal Medical Officer, Hong Kong and China; Colonel March 25, 1904; retired August 26, 1905. Honor: DSO November 15, 1898.

HONG KONG nlt.1901. Sanitary Board (vice Henry Herbert Brown, resigned) January 12, 1901

5th s/o James Hughes, of Curragh Priven, Rathcormac, County Cork, Ireland.

Selected bibliography: The British Medical Journal, November 19, 1898, p.1593, Naval and Military Medical Services. The Hong Kong government Gazette, January 12, 1901, #12. Staff Medical Officers of the Malta Garrison [internet].

[Proactive research ended October 28, 2013.]

Pearse, Wilfred William (1901-1926)

updated March 9, 2014.

b. September 16, 1870, Plymouth -d.1927. MB 1893, CM, DPH 1894, MD 1906 [1] (Aber.). Assistant Medical Officer, Shoreditch Infirmary, London 1894. Hong Kong June 1901. RAMC, Hong Kong 1914-17; England January - August, 1918, March - September, 1919; Commander January 1918; final rank, Captain.

HONG KONG June 1901. Government doctor, Assistant Medical Officer of Health August 19, 1901-08; Acting Medical Officer of Health, Sanitary Superintendent and Superintendent of Statistics 1903, March 16, 1905, March 9, 1908, April 28, 1915; Medical Officer of Health (vice Francis William Clark, retired) November 29, 1915; Acting Colonial Veterinary Surgeon (vice Adam Gibson) May 18, 1917, July 12, 1920; Acting Secretary, Food Committee (Vice Adam Gibson) August 30, 1917; retired on pension October 29, 1926. HKCMC lecturer in Chemistry and Physics 1903-05, Public Health 1906-12, Physiology 1901-03; transferred from HKCMC to Faculty of Medicine, HKU 1912 [2], Lecturer in Public Health 1912-21. Hong Kong Volunteer Reserve October 1914. JP (Official) 1902-25. Club: Hong Kong.

s/o William H.P. Pearse (MD, Edin. 1851).

Publications: Plague in Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Government Printer, 1905.

[1] Pearse received his MD with Highest Honor; his thesis was "A Contribution to the Study of Plague".

[2] HKCMC teaches transferred to the staff of the Faculty of Medicine, HKU in 1912 were: Francis William Clark, Charles Forsyth, Arthur C. Franklin, Gregory Paul Jordan, Frederick Theobald Keyt, Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch, Harold MacFarlane, Oswald Marriott and Wilfred William Pearse.

Selected bibliography: Anderson, P.J. (Ed.), Roll of Service in the Great War, 1914-1919, University of Aberdeen, Roll of Graduates. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 14, 1901, #497; June 3, 1902, #332; March 17, 1905, #173; March 6, 1908, #133; May 7, 1915, #196, May 25, 1917, #236; August 31, 1917, #388; July 16, 1920, #382. Lucas, Edward Verrall, Who's Who in the Far East, 1906-7. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, November 25, 1927, p.8.

Crago, John Moore (1901)

updated November 7, 2013.

Dentist. Victim of Identity Theft.

Degree in Dentistry (Penn.) 1900. James Truman Dental Society, University of Pennsylvania. Adress in 1898: #3741 Spruce Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Hong Kong net.1901-nlt.1912. Kuala Lumpur nlt.1912-net.1919, ran a flourishing dental practice hiring several dentistry graduates from the University of Pennsylvania.

HONG KONG net.1901-nlt.1912.  Private practitioner, the practice of Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble.

[A number of dentistry graduates of the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Hong Kong within this period:
Joseph Whittlesey Noble, Penn. 1883, Hong Kong 1887, Drs. Poate and Noble, later his own practice. John Moore Crago, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong 1901, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Leidy Roger Reel, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong ca.1900, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Frederick Hoard Kew, Penn.1903, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble, later Drs. Kew Brothers. Emerson G. Curry, Penn. 1904, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. George T. Lemis, Penn. 1905, Hong Kong , Drs. Kew Brothers.]

[I found this incredible story of Crago published in the October 12, 1912 issue of the Strait Times that I wish to share with the readership. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate the follow up report(s) to find out how the story ended.

The Dentist's Double
Kuala Lumpur Practitioner's Action At Brooklyn.
Dr. J.M. Crago, who will be remembered as a successful dental practitioner of Kuala Lumpur, is at present in America on a visit. He has had an experience which entitles him to some sympathy, if the facts are as set out by the New York Herald of August 22. Dr. Crago – who by the way is described as Dr. John M. Crago of Hong Kong – and Dr. John M. Crago, of Brooklyn, “will face each other soon in the court of special sessions in that borough.” The second-named, a gentleman of Madison St., Brooklyn, whose offices are in the Broadway, is to defend an action under Section 203 of the Public Health Law, charging him with practicing dentistry unlawfully, he not being registered, it is alleged. He is further alleged to be using an assumed name. Dr. John Moore Crago (of Kuala Lumpur), to come to the point, was formerly of Brooklyn, and is registered in that town. He was, it seems, at Carbondale, Pa, when a funny thing happened (if anything connected with dentistry can be called humorous). “Who is the Dr. John M. Crago practicing dentistry in Brooklyn?” read a message received by him one day. For reply Dr. Crago went to Brooklyn, and learned about an ulcerated tooth, and an alleged unsuccessful operation by the other man. Hence the action.
Finally, we may quote the Herald at saying: “The Dr. John M. Crago, who was registered here in 1901 is well built, blonde and athletic. He is no fake... This other Dr. Crago, whose registration I cannot locate, is small, slight – and sallow,”
On the other side the lawyer for the Brooklyn dentist says he has known Dr. Crago for years.

I found another article in the Brooklyn Daily Standard Union, August 7, 1912:

Accused Dentist Says He Is Registered
John M. Crago, 33 years old, of 1317 Broadway, was before Magistrate McGuire today in Gates Avenue Court, charged with practicing dentistry without first having registered. Crago declared he was registered in 1901 and the magistrate adjourned the case until August 14. Crago was paroled.]

Selected bibliography: The Penn Dental Journal, 1904, p.115. The Record, 1900, University of Pennsylvania Undergraduates. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, November 12, 1919, p.12. The Strait Times, October 12, 1912, p.9.

Chaun Moon-hung 周夢熊 (1901)

updated DeceMarch 11, 2014.

Hong Kong's First University Trained Chinese Dentist^[1].

DDS (Penn.) 1899^[2].

HONG KONG nlt.1901. Admitted to practice dentistry in Hong Kong 1901^[3], continued until 1934. Registered dental surgeon 1914-34, one of the first eight dentists registered with the government following the regulation of the practice of dentistry on May 7, 1914^[4]. Whereabouts after 1934 unknown.

[1] Chu Sien-ting 徐善亭 received dental education in Australia and started practicing in Hong Kong in 1880s. He could precede Chaun as Hong Kong's first University trained dentist, unfortunately, I was unable to identify the college Chu attended and the exact year in which he began his practice in Hong Kong.

[2] Chaun was the first Chinese student matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania as well as its first Chinese graduate.

[3] There were no formal qualification requirements for dentist to practice in Hong Kong before 1914; the first Dentistry Ordinance was enacted on June 5, 1914. The admittance was made by Chaun's Westerner peers, most of them were Penn. alumni. As a group, they almost functioned as a guild.]

[4] The first dental surgeons registered with the government following the enactment of the Dentistry Ordinance 1914: Mehdy Edward Asger, Arthur de Carvalho, Chaun Moon Hung 周夢熊, Edward Evan Jones, Frederick Howard Kew, Irvin Whiteley Kew, George Wiliam McKean, and Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Chu Sien-ting, mentioned earlier, wasn't one of them since he died in 1912.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 10, 1935, #371.

Apacible, Galicano (1901)

updated on August 18, 2013

b. June 25, 1864 – d. March 2, 1949. LMS, Barcelona November 9, 1899. Registered to practice Hong Kong June 5, 1901. Residence: #2 Lower Castle Terrace 1901.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, June 8, 1901 Notice #330.

Beringer, Fritz John Alfred (1901)

updated October 28, 2015

MRCS (Eng.) 1898; LRCP (Lond.); DPH, (Irel.). RAMC, Civil Surgeon; Hong Kong nlt.1901. Lecturer in Materia Medica and Therapeutics, HKCMC 1901-02. Left Hong Kong [n.d.]. RAMC Lieutenant-Colonel nlt.1911. WAMS, Medical Officer of Health, Gold Coast (Ghana) 1914; Sanitary Officer, Sierra Leone 1916.

Selected bibliography: The British Medical Journal, February 26, 1898, p.596, University and Colleges; February 18, 1911, p.415. Evans, Dafydd Emrys (Ed.) Constancy of Purpose, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1987. Yellow Fever Commission, West Africa, Fourth and Final Report, London: J&A Churchill, 1916.