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A monthly delve into the collections of the History of Medicine Library and the heritage of the RACP.

Paper made in Changi Prison


Victory in the Pacific:

80 years on

Alfred Campbell's letter to George Bell


From the archives:

cache of historical letters rediscovered
E Graeme Robertson


The E. Graeme Robertson Collection

John Adam's door return mechanism


A door on the past




Radium certificate signed by Marie Curie


Treasures of the collection:


Marie Curie's radium certificate

Seasons compliments from the Night Man


The Night Man cometh




Case of pterygium St Vincents Hospital 1871


Digitising the collections:


opportunities and initiatives

Helicobacter pylori


'It was undercutting the basis of gastroenterology...'


Barry Marshall's self-experiment

Miners at work


"Are we there yet?"


Occupational medicine in Australasia


Thomas Fiaschi


"If you are anything like your old man, you'll do me":


Thomas Fiaschi, physician and surgeon

Edward Ford, New Guinea Force


Edward Ford:


malariologist


Portrait of Richard Smallwood


Vale Richard Smallwood:


President of the RACP,
1996-1998

Artificial pneumothorax


Artificial pneumothorax:


a milestone in the treatment of tuberculosis

Australasian Medical Gazette


Tracing the roots:

a chronology of 19th century colonial medical journals in Australasia

Drawing room of 147 Macquarie St


147 Macquarie St:


a history of the 'other' College building

Compotus cum commento


Treasures of the collection:


Incunabula

Initials of Sigismund Brown scratched into case of microscope


A pioneer's microscope



Council Room of the RACP, 1939


Heritage update:

successful 'Open Sydney' and 'Friends' launch

Warren Kidson, John Casey and Ted Kraegen


Low-dose insulin infusion in diabetic ketoacidosis:


the legacy over the past 50 years

145 Macquarie St


Open Sydney:


visit your College

Journal title page


From Proceedings to IMJ:

a history of the College journals - part 1

Bookplate exhibition


New exhibition:


Bookplates - a celebration

Fellows Room


Appreciating our heritage:


your Fellows Room

145 Macquarie St


The 'changing face' of the College

Exam for FRACP in Council Room Library


Why does the College have a History of Medicine Library?

Cotter Harvey speaking to reporters on liberation in 1945


Anzac memories:


Cotter Harvey at war

Wilson Ingram BANZARE box


An ideal medical man:


William Wilson Ingram


Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales:


A view of the natural history of the Eora nation in 1788

Cowlishaw stairs


Leslie Cowlishaw:


First librarian of the College

Warrigal Club with high fence 1909


Macquarie Street mystery:


Who were the mysterious buyers of 145 Macquarie Street in 1929?

The Library needs 'friends'


The Library needs 'friends'




Geriatric medicine history project


Milestones of caring:


The History Project of the Australian New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine

Vaccination rewind


Vaccination rewind:


Why was there a Sydney reprint of Jenner's 'Inquiry'?


Artworks invigorate


Artworks invigorate College:


Sidney Nolan and Lloyd Rees paintings on show at College


Frederic Wood Jones


Frederic Wood Jones:


anatomist, naturalist, peripatetic


Dorothy Roseby


Dorothy Roseby:


First secretary of the RACP


Hans Bandler


"...Life is not quite so easy at present...”


Hans Bandler's escape from Nazi Austria



Quarantine in the early days of the Victorian Colony


"...a coffin was absolutely necessary"


Quarantine in the early days of the Victorian colony

On the Origin of the Species


On the Origin of the Species:

Darwin's seminal work is one of the most important books ever published

Association of Physicians of Australasia


The Association of Physicians of Australasia:

Precursor organisation to the RACP

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