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• Chapter One:

Preface ix Foreword John M. Ward, AO, Vice-Chancellor and Principal xiii Foreword Richard Gye, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine xv A Note on Abbreviations Employed in the Bibliographies xvii CHAPTER ONE Prologue: The Foundation of the Faculty John Atherton Young and Nina Webb 1 CHAPTER TWO First Act: The Faculty of Medicine 1856–1882 John Atherton Young The Reluctant Dean 18 Dramatis Personae—Fellows of Senate 31 Dramatis Personae—Examiners 50 Dramatis Personae—Candidates 76 Appendix: Testamurs of Selby Mars Morton 99 CHAPTER THREE Second Act: The Medical School 1882–1889 John Atherton Young 102 Dramatis Personae—Teachers 108 Dramatis Personae—Graduates 137 Appendix: The Temporary Medical School Building 163 CHAPTER FOUR Anderson Stuart and the Medical School Nina Webb and John Atherton Young 171 CHAPTER FIVE The Medical School in the 1920s Nina Webb and John Atherton Young 199 CHAPTER SIX Women and the Medical School Nina Webb 218 CHAPTER SEVEN The Medical Sciences edited by Ann J. Sefton, Nina Webb, and John Atherton Young Physiology P. O. Bishop and A. V. Everitt 238 Anatomy K. W. Cleland 266 Histology and Embryology K. W. Cleland 303 Biochemistry L. W. J. Lawler 319 Pharmacology L. B. Cobbin 325 Pathology Susan E. Dorsch 331 Bacteriology Yvonne E. Cossart 340 Behavioural Sciences Lorna D. Channon 350 Research Centres— Neurobiology Victor Nurcombe 351 Clinical Immunology Antony Basten 351 Appendix: Science Degrees in the Faculty of Medicine J. A. Young and A. J. Sefton 352 APPENDIX Three Early Benefactors: Challis, McCaughey and Bosch John Atherton Young and Nina Webb 355 CHAPTER EIGHT The Clinical Disciplines and the Commonwealth Institute edited by Ann J. Sefton, Nina Webb and John Atherton Young Medicine C. R. B. Blackburn and J. G. McLeod 362 Surgery Miles Little 381 Psychiatry H. P. Greenberg and P. J. V. Beumont 389 Obstetrics and Gynaecology B. L. Reid 394 Commonwealth Institute of Health D. A. Ferguson 400 Child Health and Paediatrics Thomas Stapleton 412 Anaesthetics Douglas Joseph 417 Community Medicine Charles Bridges-Webb 419 Clinical Ophthalmology F. A. Billson 420 Cancer Medicine M. H. N. Tattersall 423 Appendix: A Note on Curriculum Development in the Faculty of Medicine John Atherton Young 424 CHAPTER NINE The Institutions The Medical Society, the Library, the Postgraduate Committee, and the Teaching Hospitals edited by Ann J. Sefton, Nina Webb and John Atherton Young Sydney University Medical Society V. Anderson 426 The Libraries in the Medical School G. Rafferty 430 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital D. Child 435 Sydney Hospital Ann M. Mitchell 439 St Vincent’s Hospital C. O’Carrigan 447 The Royal North Shore Hospital I. R. Vanderfield 449 St George Hospital Ann Jervie Sefton 454 Repatriation General Hospital Concord J. W. Mold 455 Mater Misericordiae Hospital J. B. Westphalen 457 Lidcombe Hospital G. W. Carter 459 The Parramatta Hospitals—Westmead Centre J. Dowsett 460 The Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington J. Greenwell 462 The Women’s Hospital, Crown Street L. Valkenburg 463 Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children John Yu 464 The Rozelle Hospital L. H. Barnes 465 St Margaret’s Hospital W. B. Molloy 466 Macquarie Horpipal P. J. Doherty 467 The Parramatta Psychiatric Centre K. Henson 468 Postgraduate Committee in Medicine C. R. B. Blackburn 469 CHAPTER TEN The Anderson Stuart Building James Semple Kerr 472 Appendices compiled by John Atherton Young 505 Appendix 1 The Professors of the Faculty since 1856 507 Appendix 2 Principal Teachers in Medical Subjects before the Establishment of Appropriate Chairs 512 Appendix 3 Deans of the Faculty of Medicine since 1856 517 Appendix 4 Medically Qualified Officers of the University 1851–1983 518 Appendix 5 Medically Qualified Fellows of Senate 1850–1983 519 Tabula Gratulatoria 520 Index