About the Society, its history and the Virtual Museum

	South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc Website for the Virtual Museum
Home Coming meetings Past meetings About the Society Galleries of the Virtual Museum Main Galleries Medicine Surgery Anaesthesia X-rays Hospitals,other organisations Individuals of note Small Galleries Dentistry Nursing Ethnic medicine - Aboriginal - Chinese - Mediterran	About the Society, its history and the Virtual Museum How it started The Web-site shows a collection of photographs and details dealing with items of mainly South Australian Medical Heritage. In 1984 this Society was started with the aim of creating a museum but this did not eventuate. In 2003 two retired medical practitioners. Bernard Vaughan, a radiologist, and Tony Slavotinek, a surgeon, started to photograph and describe items of medical heritage scattered throughout South Australia. They had first met in 1970 when writing a paper together, with the late Professor Richard Jepson, on lymphatic damage during vascular surgery . Today one is the President of the South Australian Medical Heritage Society, and the other has time and access to an elegant “photo-shop” program. Most of the photographs and back-ground information has been provided by the former whilst the latter edited the photographs and provided the scientific back-ground. Quite recently they were joined by another surgeon, Michael Patkin, well known for applying ergonomics to surgery. He is computer literate and has his own Web-site. He is instrumental in posting the gathered information to this web-site. The exhibits The current aim is to list and document numerous items of medical heritage relevant to South Australia. These are currently sited at various South Australian Hospital, museums and in the hands of private collectors. Thus the objects illustrating the development of X-rays in SA are currently dispersed in collections held at the Flinders Medical Centre, The Faulding's Library Glenside, the Women's and Children's Hospital and at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A comprehensive catalogue provides such relevant information and facilitates collocation of such items (as temporary loans) for educational purposes and to interested persons. The Society has 60 members and is administered by a management group of seven who represent several Adelaide Teaching Hospitals and private collectors. The group also arranges 4-6 general yearly meetings where invited persons deliver presentations of themes relevant to SA medical heritage. So far we have been able to list and document over 500 such items grouped first in six Galleries and at the next level into almost 80 folders. They are presented as photographs and include a brief background on information relevant to each item or theme. For a map of this web site, click here. -o0o-

South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc

Website for the Virtual Museum

Home
Coming meetings
Past meetings
About the Society

Galleries of the Virtual Museum

Main Galleries

Medicine
Surgery
Anaesthesia
X-rays
Hospitals,other organisations
Individuals of note

Small Galleries

Dentistry
Nursing

Ethnic medicine
     - Aboriginal
     - Chinese
     - Mediterran

About the Society, its history and the Virtual Museum

How it started

The Web-site shows a collection of photographs and details dealing with items of mainly South Australian Medical Heritage. In 1984 this Society was started with the aim of creating a museum but this did not eventuate.

In 2003 two retired medical practitioners. Bernard Vaughan, a radiologist, and Tony Slavotinek, a surgeon, started to photograph and describe items of medical heritage scattered throughout South Australia. They had first met in 1970 when writing a paper together, with the late Professor Richard Jepson, on lymphatic damage during vascular surgery .

Today one is the President of the South Australian Medical Heritage Society, and the other has time and access to an elegant “photo-shop” program. Most of the photographs and back-ground information has been provided by the former whilst the latter edited the photographs and provided the scientific back-ground.

Quite recently they were joined by another surgeon, Michael Patkin, well known for applying ergonomics to surgery. He is computer literate and has his own Web-site. He is instrumental in posting the gathered information to this web-site.
The exhibits
The current aim is to list and document numerous items of medical heritage relevant to South Australia. These are currently sited at various South Australian Hospital, museums and in the hands of private collectors. Thus the objects illustrating the development of X-rays in SA are currently dispersed in collections held at the Flinders Medical Centre, The Faulding's Library Glenside, the Women's and Children's Hospital and at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

A comprehensive catalogue provides such relevant information and facilitates collocation of such items (as temporary loans) for educational purposes and to interested persons.

The Society has 60 members and is administered by a management group of seven who represent several Adelaide Teaching Hospitals and private collectors. The group also arranges 4-6 general yearly meetings where invited persons deliver presentations of themes relevant to SA medical heritage.

So far we have been able to list and document over 500 such items grouped first in six Galleries and at the next level into almost 80 folders. They are presented as photographs and include a brief background on information relevant to each item or theme.

For a map of this web site, click here.

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