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:

Blackburn, Sir Charles Bickerton
Both, Edward Thomas & Donald [Inventors, designers of cardiograph and of Iron Lung at Jamestown and Netley]
Bragg, Sir William and Sir Lawrence [earliest x-rays in South Australia - Bragg-Rhumkorff coil]
Byrne, Alfred Dunley [gynaecologist, soldier and sportsman]
Chapple, Dr. Phoebe [war hero, feminist, outstanding doctor and pioneer]
Chadwick, Allan [bush pilot]
Faulding, Francis Hardy [also in Medicine > drugs and X-rays]
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer [statistician]
Fraenkel, Gus J [surgeon and medical educator]
Goodchild, John Charles and the role of stretcher bearers
Goodchild, John Charles World War 2 artist
Hicks, Sir Stanton [the WW2 army field cooker]
Jepson, Richard Pomfret [surgeon]
Jones & Partners [radiologists]
Last family - Ray, John and Peter
Lindon, Leonard Charles Edward [surgeon]
Magarey, Sir Rupert [surgeon]
McKay, Gordon [surgeon]
Newland, Sir Henry [surgeon]
Opit, Louis [surgeon, biochemist, mathematician]
Puddy, Elizabeth [medical practitioner & educator]
Rowley, Derrick [immunologist]
Swann, Charles [ophthalmologist - Rubella and eye disease]
Tassie, Gemmel OAM [medical practitioner]
Traeger, Alfred Herman [Flying Doctor radio & RFDS]  
Wiles, James Fletcher [the WW2 army field cooker]

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

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

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