University in Winnipeg, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Dr. H. Bruce Chown

O.C., M.D., D.Sc.

— (1893-1986) —

Dr. H. Bruce Chown Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

1. Dr. H. Bruce Chown Marker

Inscription. A Pediatric Pioneer
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of a prominent Manitoba surgeon, Dr. Chown received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1922 and made one of Manitoba's greatest medical discoveries. His world-leading research and vaccine treatment of Rh disease in pregnant women and their newborns — caused by the Rhesus ("Rh") blood factor — earned him international renown, and led to mass prevention of Rh disease around the globe.

Artist
Madeleine Vrignon

Sculpture sponsored by
Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Inc.

Erected 2016.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 49° 48.608′ N, 97° 7.99′ W. Marker is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is in University. Marker can be reached from Chancellors Circle, 0.2 kilometers north of Dafoe Road West. Marker is located in Innovation Plaza, just north of the University of Manitoba Administration Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 66 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dr. John Maxwell Bowman (here, next to this marker); Dr. Baldur Rosmund Stefansson

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(here, next to this marker); Carol Ann Shields (née Warner) (here, next to this marker); Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1874-1944) (within shouting distance of this marker); Cal Murphy (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Noël-Joseph Ritchot (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); John Norquay (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Government House (approx. 8.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winnipeg.

More about this marker. Innovation Plaza was established in 2013 to celebrate and honour University of Manitoba academic staff who have demonstrated sustained excellence and global impact and influence through a body of research, scholarly works or creative activities with a series of commemorative busts.

Also see . . .
1. Bruce Chown.

Bruce Chown was a Canadian medical doctor who researched the blood factor known as the Rhesus factor and discovered an Rh immune vaccine, Rh gamma globulin, which helps to prevent Erythroblastosis fetalis. During World War I, he served in the Canadian Field Artillery and received the
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

2. Dr. H. Bruce Chown Sculpture
Artist: Madeleine Vrignon
Military Cross. After the war, he received his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1922. From 1926 to 1977, he was on the staff of the University of Manitoba. From 1944 to 1977, he was the director of the Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg.

(Submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Dr. H. Bruce Chown.

In 1944, he received a grant of $1,200 from the Canadian National Research Council to study Rh Disease. With this money, he hired Marion Lewis and established the Winnipeg Rh Laboratory. Chown, along with Dr. John M. Bowman and Dr. Alvin Zirpursky, developed an Rh antibody processed from the plasma of Rh negative women, which produced an Rh immune globulin. Chown organized clinical trials of the Rh immune globulin, which was licensed for use in Canada in 1968. With this discovery, mothers could receive treatment for Rh disease before birth.

(Submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Honouring health pioneer Dr. Henry Bruce Chown.

“Dr. Bruce Chown is one of the true giants in the overlapping fields of pediatrics, obstetrics, hematology and blood banking. In close association with a small number of colleagues, he virtually eradicated the scourge of Rh incompatibility and erythroblastosis
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

3. Dr. H. Bruce Chown Memorial
(looking northwest • Buller Building in background)
fetalis which throughout history claimed the lives of untold numbers of newborn babies,” wrote Dr. John T. Truman, professor emeritus and special lecturer in pediatrics at Columbia University. The unveiling ceremony for the commemorative bust took place on Friday, May 20, 2016.

(Submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.