Cohen, Louis D

Born Palmerston North 1887 Died Wellington 26 Sep 1946
L Cohen
Medical training and Resident appointments at London Hospital
WW1 service with the “old contemptibles” in France, and in Palestine
Postgraduate studies in England & 6 months in India, studying eye diseases
Returned to NZ in 1920
Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Eye Ear Nose and Throat Department, Wellington Hospital 1920 – 1936
Specialised in Ophthalmic surgery, but obituary notes that he made his own bronchoscopes at home in his workshop.

Obituary: NZMJ 1946 45:571
photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection