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Medical Practitioners
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14 records and collections
Person
BERMAN, Margaret
Margaret (Peggy) Berman (1923-2002) Peggy Berman was a strong, intelligent and determined woman. She had a tough start to life, an illegitimate child at a Catholic Children’s Home in Broadmeadows. From there, she was taken in by her Irish grandparents and was sent to the Sisters...
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East Melbourne Residents' contribution to the Queen Victoria Hospital
Interview with Dr. June Howqua, physician and board member at the Queen Victoria Hospital. She talks about her time at the hospital which was founded by Constance Stone, also a resident of East Melbourne, and the building's continued links with feminism.
Place
East Melbourne, Albert Street 472, 476
A pair of houses of classical design with a covered carriageway between.
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Eve Esnouf (1919-2017)
Obituary for Eve Esnouf. The Esnouf family had a long connection with East Melbourne with Ernest Phillip Esnouf purchasing 1229 Hoddle Street in 1922 living there with his family until the mid 1930s when it was rented out. In 1947 his son, Stuart, commenced his medcal preactice t...
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Frank Forster
Obituary and other items.
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Sight and Sound News 1964
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital. This issue includes articles on medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
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Sight and Sound News 1965
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital. This issue includes articles on building development, hospital administration, medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
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Sight and Sound News 1967
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital. This issue includes articles on building development, hospital administration, medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
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Surgery on Show
Article on early history of St. Vincent's hospital. Mentions Dr. Julian Smith, photographer and surgeon, who designed a person-to-person direct blood transfusion pump. Julian Smith lived on north-east corner of Powlett and George Streets. Many photos. Herald Sun 12 July 2004.
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The Beautiful Hill: an Anthology of Writing from East Melbourne
A collection of short essays and poems written by local identities. Their memories and stories cover a wide variety of subjects relating to East Melbourne.
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The Life of Constance Stone - Australia's First Woman Doctor
Article in EMHS newsletter Sept. 2003. Biography of Constance Stone (1856-1902), Australia's first woman doctor. She lived for a time at 179 Gipps St. She worked at the Free Medical Mission in Collingwood founded by Dr. John Singleton, also a resident of East Melbourne; she found...
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The man who saved women
Article featuring Dr. Bertram Wainer, the leading abortion law reformer, who founded the Fertility Clinic in Wellington Parade. The article also refers to Dr. Jim Troup, a doctor conducting illegal abortions at his rooms in Hoddle Street while paying the police protection money,...
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Tireless Physician
Obituary for William 'Bill' Heath, physician, who died on 22 October 2005.
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William Elliott Gillies
Obituary of Dr. Gillies, ophthalmologist. He lived at 54 George Street.