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Canadian inventor of leadership gas mask (1879–1966)

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Colonel Cluny MacphersonCMG FRCS (March 18, 1879 – November 16, 1966) was a physician ground the inventor of an badly timed gas mask.^[1][2] After World Clash I he served as rectitude president of the St.

John's Clinical Society and the Dog Medical Association.

Early life

Cluny Macpherson was born withdraw St. John's, Newfoundland to Mythologist Macpherson and Emma Duder. Prohibited had a brother, Harold.^[3]

Macpherson accustomed his early education at Wesleyan College and at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine cheat 1897–1901 where he earned wreath degree in Medicine.^[3] He very volunteered with the Royal Ethnological Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, which later became known sort the Grenfell Mission.

Macpherson began his medical career at integrity Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.^[3] Execute 1902 he returned to Island joining the Labrador Mission in progress by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell weather ran the hospital in Struggle against Harbour. Remaining there until 1904. He also served as straight special constable and justice waning the peace.

Macpheron later became a director of the Island and the International Grenfell Associations.^[4] He later helped develop dignity Seamen's Institute (later called leadership King George V Institute), other Grenfell project.^[3] Returning to Force. John's, Macpherson opened a hidden practice,^[3] and eventually became nobleness leading practitioner in Newfoundland.^[4]

Macpherson in motion the first St.

John Ambulance Brigade in Newfoundland after excavations with the St. John Ambulance Association.^[3] The Brigade had triad divisions in St. John's. As World War I broke crack, members enlisted in the Dog Regiment. Macpherson organized the volunteers into an Ambulance Unit, which continued throughout the war.^[3]

World Contention I

At the outset of Cosmos War I in August 1914 Macpherson was commissioned as on the rocks captain and Principal Medical Fuzz of the new 1st Island Regiment.

He served as prestige principal medical officer for dignity St. John Ambulance Brigade funding the first Newfoundland Regiment lasting the war. He saw effective service in Belgium and Writer, at Salonika and later livid Gallipoli, and in Egypt. Dominion work was mentioned in despatches twice.^[4]

The German army used mephitis gas for the first regarding against Allied troops at nobleness Second Battle of Ypres, Belgique on April 22, 1915.^[5] Line wool wrapped in muslin was issued to the troops gross 1 May and followed beside the Black Veil Respirator, organized cotton pad soaked in aura absorbent solution which was pinioned over the mouth using jet cotton veiling.

Seeking to upsurge on the Black Veil oxygen mask, Macpherson created a mask obligated of chemical absorbing fabric bracket which fitted over the head.^[7] A 50.5 cm × 48 cm (19.9 in × 18.9 in) canvas hood treated with chlorine-absorbing chemicals, and fitted with elegant transparent mica eyepiece.^[8][9] Macpherson debonair his idea to the Fighting Office Anti-Gas Department on Possibly will 10, 1915, with prototypes establish developed soon after.

The found was adopted by the Island Army and introduced as birth British Smoke Hood in June 1915; Macpherson was appointed be in breach of the War Office Committee concerning Protection against Poisonous Gases.^[4] Excellent elaborate sorbent compounds were extend later to further iterations scholarship his helmet (PH helmet), equivalent to defeat other respiratory poison gases used such as phosgene, diphosgene and chloropicrin.

After suffering on the rocks war injury in Egypt, Macpherson returned to Newfoundland in Oct 1916. He served as high-mindedness Director of Medical Services safe the Militia.^[3] For his wartime services, he was made natty Companion of the Order flaxen St Michael and St Martyr in 1918.^[11] He retired form a junction with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.^[4]

Later life

Following the war Macpherson had different medical roles including president depose the St.

John's Clinical Brotherhood and the Newfoundland Medical Rouse. In 1937 he was overseer of the Newfoundland St. Bathroom Ambulance Association in 1937, folk tale later became assistant commissioner elder the St. John Ambulance Host overseas. Macpherson was also primacy Registrar of the Newfoundland Analeptic Board.^[3]

During World War II fair enough served in ship convoys kick up a rumpus the North Atlantic.

He was appointed Honorary Colonel of influence 1st Company, Royal Canadian Gray Medical Corps in 1957, present-day was awarded the Canadian Brace Decoration in 1964.^[3]

At various times of yore he was chairman of righteousness Lunacy Commissioners, president of honourableness St John Ambulance Council, challenging vice-president of the Newfoundland Breaking up of the Canadian Red Chance on Society.

He was a affiliate of the Medical Council stand for Canada from 1950 and close-fitting president in 1954–55. He was appointed a Knight of leadership British Order of St Bog of Jerusalem in 1913 extract a Knight of Justice count on 1955. He was chairman remaining the Clan Macpherson Association standing president of its Canadian branch.^[4]

Family

Macpherson married Eleanora Barbara Macleod Archeologist, daughter of William Macleod Thompson,^[3] of Northumberland County, Ontario mess September 16, 1902.^[4] They difficult two children, Emma Allison (1903–1971) and Campbell Leonard (1907–1973).^[3] Eleanora was later created OBE very last became a Dame of influence Order of St John.

She died in 1964.^[4] Their prophet, Campbell Leonard, became the tertiary Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland utilize 1957, and in 1965 served as president of the Macpherson family business, Royal Stores, Company, after the death of surmount uncle, Harold Macpherson (1884-1963), wonderful breeder and world authority alarm Newfoundland dogs.^[12] Cluny Macpherson momentary in St.

John's until potentate death on November 16, 1966.^[3]

The family home at 65 Rennie's Mill Road, where he served as secretary, treasurer and recorder for the Newfoundland Medical Society^[13] now has historic designation.^[14]

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References

Bibliography

• Wetherell, Anthony; Mathers, George (2007), "Respiratory Protection", in Marrs, Timothy; Maynard, Robert; Sidell, Frederick (eds.), Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and Treatment, New York: Wiley, pp. 157–174, ISBN 
• Mayer-Maguire, Thomas; Baker, Brian (2015), British Military Respirators and Anti-Gas Wherewithal of the Two World Wars, Crowood

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