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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Melbourne, Australia

13 entries published in this place. (Melbourne, AU)

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1859

#10891

Original contributions to the practice of conservative surgery; being a selection from the surgical cases occurring in the practice of James G. Beaney.

BEANEY, James George (1828 – 1891)
BEANEY, James George (1828 – 1891)

The first work on surgery written and published in Australia, and one of the first medical works on any subject written and published in Australia.

1863

#10894

On Australasian climates and their influence in the prevention and arrest of pulmonary consumption.

BIRD, Samuel Dougan (1832 – 1904)

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1869

#10890

Syphilis: Its nature & diffusion popularly considered.

BEANEY, James George (1828 – 1891)
BEANEY, James George (1828 – 1891)

The first work on dermatology or syphilology written, printed and published in Australia. This work is illustrated with chromolithographed plates printed in Australia. This may be the earliest medical book printed in …

1873

#11749

Heart studies in Australia, with observations on aneurism of the aorta.

REEVES, Charles Evans

The first book on heart disease written by an Australian physician and published in Australia.

1914

#13802

The history of small-pox in Australia 1788-1908.

CUMPSTON, John Howard Lidgett (1890 – 1954)

A second volume, The history of small-pox in Australia, 1909-1923 by J.H.L. Compston and F. McCallum was published in Melbourne: H. J. Green, govt. printer, 1925.

1941

#4614.1

Encephalography.

ROBERTSON, Edward Graeme (1903 – 1975)

Robertson improved the accuracy and reliability of encephalography and reduced its discomforts.

1942

#12108

Influenza: A survey of the last fifty years in the light of modern work on the virus of epidemic influenza.

BURNET, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899 – 1985) CLARKE, Ellen

1949

#2578.7

The production of antibodies. 2nd ed.

BURNET, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899 – 1985) FENNER, Frank John (1914 – 2010)

Burnet and Fenner introduced the “self-marker” concept – natural tolerance to one’s own body constituents depended on their presence at a critical stage of embryonic development.

1971

#13181

A list of the works of Sir James Young Simpson, 1811-1870: A centenary tribute by K. F. Russell and F. M. C. Forster.

RUSSELL, Kenneth Fitzpatrick (1911 – 1987)
SIMPSON, Sir James Young (1811 – 1870)
SIMPSON, Sir James Young (1811 – 1870)

1979

#6786.22

Catalogue of the historical books in the library of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

RUSSELL, Kenneth Fitzpatrick (1911 – 1987)

1986

#6623.51

The medical mind of Shakespeare.

KAIL, Aubrey C.

2002

#12661

The flight of the Emu: A hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001.

ROBIN, Libby

2005

#8700

The cultivation of whiteness: Science, health and racial destiny in Australia.

ANDERSON, Warwick Hugh (1958 – )