Background
PARKER, Rushton was born on October 9, 1847 in Liverpool. Son of late Edward Parker, F. R.C.S. Edinburgh, and Mary Rushton.
PARKER, Rushton was born on October 9, 1847 in Liverpool. Son of late Edward Parker, F. R.C.S. Edinburgh, and Mary Rushton.
Studied at School of late John Brunner, Everton, Liverpool. Royal Institution School, Liverpool. University College London.
Paris; Vienna. Silver medal and 3rd Certificate in Anatomy, 1868. Silver medal and 2nd Certificate in Surgery, 1869. Gold medal and 1st Certificate in Physiology, 1868.
Liston Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery, Atkinson Morley Surgical Scholarship, 1870. Bachelor of Medicine. Bachelor of Surgery, London, 1870.
House Surgeon, University College Hospital, 1869. Physician’s Assistant, 1870. Demonstrator of Anatomy, University College, 1870-1871.
Surgeon to the Stanley Hospital, Liverpool, 1872-1878. Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, 1878-1889. Surgeon, 1889-1907.
Demonstrator of Physiology and Histology in Royal Infirmary School of Medical, 1872-1877.
Lecturer on Surgery and Teacher of Practical and Operative Surgery, 1877-1882. Professor of Surgery in University College, Liverpool, 1882-1903. President of the Medical Society, University College, London, 1869-1870.
President Liverpool Medical Institution, 1902-1904. President Liverpool Medical Club, 1903. Has practised and taught surgery since 1869.
Introduced into this country in 1872, and has practised ever since, the extirpation of tubercular glands. Into Liverpool (1879) the modern operation for the radical cure of hernia. Introduced to the profession the practice and writings of the late Mr.
Hugh Owen Thomas (Liverpool) on the mechanical treatment of joint diseases, 1875. And on intestinal obstruction later. Professor of Surgery in the University of Liverpool.
Consulting Surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary. Fellow Royal Society of Medical. Member Liverpool Medical Institution.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1872. Clubs: Athenaeum, Liverpool; Royal Liverpool Golf, Hoylake.
Spouse 1884, Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of late Thomas Bickerton, F.R.C.S. Edin.