Richard Sanders Rogers | |
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 Richard Sanders Rogers (in 1932) | |
| Born | 2 December 1861 |
| Died | 28 March 1942 (aged 80) Adelaide |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Botany |
Richard Sanders Rogers (2 December 1861 – 28 March 1942) was a distinguished Australian medical doctor, and world authority on Australasian orchids. He described over 80 Australian orchid species, three from New Zealand and 30 from New Guinea as well as three new genera including one from New Zealand. He was a consulting physician at the Adelaide Hospital and a member of its board. He may have been the first to practise hypnotism during surgery, allowing him to remove a cyst from a woman's breast without anaesthetics "while she was still awake and talking to assistants and witnesses standing nearby."[1]
- ^ Rogers, Lauder R. Scott. "Dr Richard Sanders Rogers, December 1861 to March 1942". Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium biography. Retrieved 28 January 2015.