John McDougall (phthisiologist)

John Bowes MacDougall CBE FRSE FRCPE (1890–1967) was a 20th-century physician and phthisiologist who also was a Scottish international rugby union player who won five caps between 1913 and 1921.

He received a commission in the First World War and served as a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps at the No 30 General Hospital in Calais, France.

[4] In the 1943 New Year's Honours List he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

[5] In 1945 he left Preston Hall to become Chief Tuberculosis Officer for the World Health Organization, the highest position in his field of expertise.

He originally joined Wakefield RFC on being posted to the West Riding County Council as Chief Tuberculosis Officer.