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Baker, Gerald Rumsey
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Baker, Gerald Rumsey
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Dates of existence
1873-1953
History
Dr. Gerald Rumsey Baker, nicknamed Paddy, trained in medicine at St. Bartholomew's Medical and Surgical Hospital in England. Baker worked at St. Joseph's Hospital in Victoria, B.C., before establishing a medical practice in the Cariboo in 1912. Baker remained in Quesnel for forty-one years. Baker's wife, Nellie, assisted him in his practice and trained in anaesthesia at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver to assist in surgical procedures.
