Louis Quier Bowerbank

Louis Quier Bowerbank (born 1814) was a physician who, following his experiences of the Sam Sharpe Rebellion and then medical training in Scotland and England, contributed to the efforts to the building of the Lunatic Asylum, later named the Bellevue Hospital, in Jamaica. His statute stands opposite the hospital main entrance.[1][2][3][4]

References
  1. John S. R. Golding (1994). "4. Early Jamaican Healthcare". Ascent to Mona as Illustrated by a Short History of Jamaican Medical Care: With an Account of the Beginning of the Faculty of Medicine, University of the West Indies. Canoe Press. p. 38-44. ISBN 976-8125-06-3.
  2. The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ... Arch. Constable & Comp. 1836. p. 247.
  3. "Bellevue Hospital 2 · National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection". nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. Robertson-Hicking, Hilary; Hickling, Frederick W. (2002). "The need for mental health partnerships in Jamaica". Social and Economic Studies. 51 (3): 105–130. ISSN 0037-7651.


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