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Eugene Reytter
Belgian doctor of medicine, who was for 17 years the personal physician of
King
Chulalongkorn. He was also the founder of the first Thai pharmacy,
as well as of the
Thai Red Cross Society. The doctor came to
Siam in
1895 on the invitation of
Gustave Rolin-Jaequesmyns
(fig.),
the Belgian diplomat and adviser to King Rama V
(fig.),
after having worked as a physician
in the Belgian
Congo. Dr. Reytter's appointment as the
personal physician to
the King of Siam was continued under King
Rama VI
(fig.),
who granted him the rank of
Phraya
Prasertsart Thamrong (พระยาประเสริฐศาสตร์ธำรง). Dr. Eugene Reytter and his wife Sophia left
Siam in April 1911.
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