South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc - SAMHS

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Iron lung - polio epidemic Headache powders which damaged kidneys Basylist Kidney biopsy	Welcome and please enjoy! Calvary Hospital, 1906 Faulding's Solyptol Rib cutter Heka centrifuge Dräger hyperbaric chamber Upcoming Meetings: February 28^th, 2019 The next meeting of the SAMHS will be held on Thursday, 28^th of February at the Royal Society Rooms, Kintore Ave, Adelaide at 5:30 pm. A belated Happy New Year to all. It seems a late start to the SAMHS year, as our first meeting is not until the 28^th of February 2019. The topic of interest is the life and work of Dr Nancy Atkinson, an early bacteriologist at the IMVS who later worked at the University of Adelaide in both the Medical and Dental Faculties. We already know that some SAMHS members were her students. Dr Emma McEwin - "Nancy Atkinson OBE: pioneer bacteriologist at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science & University of Adelaide". Members and guests are welcome. Latest Webpages: Sir Douglas Mawson and the Far East Antarctic Journey, 1911/1914 Dr Otto Nichterlein Myles Flynn If you are interested in becoming a member of the South Australian Medical Heritage Society, please see our membership form. If you have comments, suggestions or corrections, please let us know : Contact / Web Content (Tony Slavotinek) Web Editor / Web Master (Greg Sampson)	RAH nurses 1939 Amoeba causing meningitis Old obstetric stethoscope Bragg hand x-ray 1896
RA Fisher, statistics pioneer. His ashes are buried at St Peter's Cathedral, North Adelaide		Mask & bottle for anaesthesia in tonsilectomy

Iron lung - polio epidemic

Headache powders which damaged kidneys

Basylist

Kidney biopsy

Welcome and please enjoy!

Calvary Hospital, 1906

Faulding's Solyptol

Rib cutter

Heka centrifuge

Dräger hyperbaric chamber

Upcoming Meetings:

February 28^th, 2019

The next meeting of the SAMHS will be held on Thursday, 28^th of February at the Royal Society Rooms, Kintore Ave, Adelaide at 5:30 pm.

A belated Happy New Year to all.

It seems a late start to the SAMHS year, as our first meeting is not until the 28^th of February 2019. The topic of interest is the life and work of Dr Nancy Atkinson, an early bacteriologist at the IMVS who later worked at the University of Adelaide in both the Medical and Dental Faculties. We already know that some SAMHS members were her students.

Dr Emma McEwin - "Nancy Atkinson OBE: pioneer bacteriologist at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science & University of Adelaide".

Members and guests are welcome.

Latest Webpages:

Sir Douglas Mawson and the Far East Antarctic Journey, 1911/1914

Dr Otto Nichterlein

Myles Flynn

If you are interested in becoming a member of the
South Australian Medical Heritage Society,
please see our membership form.

If you have comments, suggestions or corrections,
please let us know :
Contact / Web Content (Tony Slavotinek)
Web Editor / Web Master (Greg Sampson)