South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc

South Australia has a rich history of strong personalities who pioneered medicine and surgery from the mid nineteenth century.Others followed who made contributions of world-wide significance in fields as diverse as radio communication for patient care, flying ambulances and radiology.

The colony of free settlers provided a society which encouraged pioneers in pharmaceuticals and many other medically related fields.

Individuals represented in the Society's collection comprise:

Both [ECG] - [designer of cardiograph at this page
                        and of Iron Lung at Jamestown and Netley ]
Sir Lawrence Bragg  [Bragg-Rhumkorff coil]
Alfred Dudley Byrne [gynaecologist, soldier and sportsman]
F H Faulding  [also in Medicine > drugs and X-rays]
R A Fisher [statistician]
John Charles Goodchild and the role of stretcher bearers
Sir Stanton Hicks and J F Wiles [the WW2 army field cooker]
Jones & Partners [radiologists]
Last family - Ray, John and Peter
LCE Lindon [surgeon]
Gordon McKay [surgeon]
Sir Henry Newland [surgeon]
Charles Swann [ophthalmologist - Rubella and eye disease]
A H Traeger and the Flying Doctor radio [ in the page on RFDS]       

Links to other websites about notable individuals associated with South Australia's medical heritage

Sir John Burton Cleland (1878-1971), Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide

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