William James Wanless - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Surgeon and Presbyterian missionary, noted for his medical mission In Miraj, India

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Sir William James Wanless, M.D., F.A.C.S.
(May 1, 1865 – March 3, 1933) was a Canadian born surgeon, humanitarian and Presbyterian missionary who founded a medical mission in Miraj, India in 1894 and led it for nearly 40 years.
As part of this mission, Dr.
Wanless founded India's first missionary medical school in 1897, and helped to establish a leprosy sanatorium as well as a tuberculosis hospital, now known as the Wanless Chest Hospital.His medical mission turned the once-small village of Miraj into a major medical center in India.
By the time he retired in 1928, the clinic he started had become a 250-bed hospital with several important adjuncts.
He is considered by many to be India's most famous surgeon of the 19th century, and was known throughout Asia, personally treating princes, rajahs and Mahatma Gandhi.
In 1928, he was knighted by King George V, who appointed him Knight Bachelor of the British Empire, for treating 1,000,000 patients and restoring sight to 12,000 of them.
The Wanless Hospital in Miraj bears his name, and is now a modern 550-bed teaching hospital.

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