John Ramsay (surgeon)

Sir John Ramsay CBE FRACS (26 December 1872 – 6 February 1944) was an Australian surgeon, known for his association with the Launceston General Hospital.

In 1896, Ramsay and Dr. Francis John Drake participated in the first demonstration of X-rays by Frank Styant Browne at Launceston General Hospital.

[5] Graduating with a Master of Surgery degree from the University of Melbourne in 1902, Ramsay published 24 papers, including a discussion of his treatment of hydatid disease, as well as lecturing in Australia and overseas.

Associated with the Medical Council of Tasmania and the Red Cross, Ramsay was also a director of his brother William's company, Kiwi Polish.

[6] Ramsay was also a keen cricketer, and whilst resident in Launceston played a single first-class match for Tasmania.