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James Thorburn

THORBURN, James, Canadian physician, born in Queenston, Ontario, 21 November, 1830. His father was for many years a member of the Dominion parliament. The son was educated at Toronto university and at Edinburgh university, where lie was graduated as a physician in 1855. He has practised in Toronto, where he is surgeon-major of the, Queen's own rifles, and professor of pharmacology and therapeutics in Toronto university. He is also consulting surgeon of Toronto general hospital, physician of the boys' hospital, and connected with other institutions, both charitable and financial, in his capacity as a physician. He has contributed articles on medical and other subjects to journals, and published "Manual of Life Insurance Examination" (Toronto, 1887).

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