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Bernard William Neal AM, MB BS, MD, FRACP, DipEd
Bernard (Bun) Neal was born on 18 July 1924 and spent his childhood in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, where his father was a general practitioner. He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.
James A Keipert
Australian doctors and war
An editorial by Dr Mervyn Archdall for the 3 May 1941 issue The full content of this article is available by downloading the PDF.
Charles Henry Akkermans MB BS, DO, FRACO
Charles (Charlie) Akkermans was born in Munich, Germany, on 23 July 1935. He attended the University of Western Australia for his first year of medicine, and completed his studies at the University of Adelaide, residing at Aquinas College and graduating in 1958. In 1959, he undertook his internship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide and, in 1960, was a medical officer at the Repatriation General Hospital ...
Johanna Akkermans
Big Pharma, big problems
This Enlightening, Alarming and depressing book deserves a wide readership among doctors but also among politicians, health administrators, and drug and medical device regulators. While there is no shortage of books that have sought to expose the misconduct of the pharmaceutical industry (one thinks of the books of Braithwaite, Kassirer, Angell, Moynihan and Goldacre), I finished this book with the feeling that things are getting ...
Kerry J Breen
Smallpox vaccination, colonial Sydney and serendipity
A reminder of the dedication of those committed to the pursuit of health and the protection of many
Kathryn M Weston BSc(Hons), PhD · Wendy C Gallagher BSc(Hons), GradDipA(Lib · James M Branley MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA
The cat and the nap
While dogs can detect some cancers, cats might have other diagnostic talents
William H Seligman BA(Hons), BM BCh · Ari Manuel MB BS, MRCP, BSc
A functional dependence? A social history of the medical use of morphine in Australia
Morphine’s use in Australia has shaped public perception and current challenges
Matthew Grant MB BS, DipPallMed, MBioethics · Jennifer Philip PhD, FAChPM, MB BS · Anna Ugalde BA(Hons), PhD
Here
there is something comforting about sitting here with my hand on Robert’s breast he says, here, steady yourself against me here, he says, after a pause, he is thinking how best to fit me, he says it must have been bad but you’re here, you’re with us the surroundings burst with surgical fittings it all looks very Weimar, very neue Sach i expect fishnets, a crossed leg, a trail of ...
Lucy Dougan PhD
Fifty years on . . .
Smoking caused a million deaths in Australia in the past 6 decades; we are gradually winning, but the battle is not over
Mike Daube BA(Hons), HonDSci
Ancient Egyptian surgery
Ancient Egyptian surgeons employed skill, magic and superstition to perform an impressive array of procedures
Peter R Mayall MA, MB BS, FRANZCOG
The issue about Christmas
Laze a bit, reflect, share, enjoy, draw water from the deep wells of the past, and prepare for an active new year
Stephen Leeder
Practising in PNG: pidgin, rugby and yaws
Anthony Radford was the inaugural professor of primary care at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. Before and after that appointment, he accumulated a total of 50 years of experience in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Radford first went to that country as a student in 1951; from 1963 to 1972, he was a public health officer there; and later, he consulted on PNG for the World Health ...
Robert B Black
The hobbit — an unexpected deficiency
Objective: Vitamin D has been proposed to have beneficial effects in a wide range of contexts. We investigate the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency, caused by both aversion to sunlight and unwholesome diet, could also be a significant contributor to the triumph of good over evil in fantasy literature.Design: Data on the dietary habits, moral attributes and martial prowess of various inhabitants of ...
Joseph A Hopkinson · Nicholas S Hopkinson MA, PhD, FRCP
Harriet’s hats
Sometimes a special patient brings colour to clinicLoaded down with four volumes of medical records, I struggled into the clinic room to see the next patient. Beaming from under a bowler hat covered with silver glitter, a plump, dishevelled woman greets me enthusiastically: “Hello, I’m Harriet! Are you my new neurosurgeon?” There is clear fluid dripping from the tip of her nose, and throughout the ...
Rosalind L Jeffree MSc, FRACS, MHE
The Da Vinci Code and the alphabet of research
We offer an alphabetical guide into the opaque and mystical world of researchMany are called to do research, but few are chosen. How is this possible in an era of improved gender equality, educational access and global connectivity? The answer lies in the secret “Da Vinci Code” of research: the unwritten interpretation of the alphabet of research that touches us all through serial rejection of ...
Dominic A Fitzgerald MB BS, PhD, FRACP · David Isaacs MB BChir, MD, FRACP · Steve Isaacs MB BChir, MRCP, MRCPsych
It is time for clinical guidelines to enter the digital age
Clinical guidelines can be easily updated with new evidence, continuously reviewed and widely disseminated if they are presented online on a MediaWiki platform which provides a collaborative website, similar to Wikipedia.
Ian N Olver MD, PhD, FRACP · Jutta J Von Dincklage BA, MA
Australia’s servicewomen and female veterans: do we understand their health needs?
As the number of female soldiers and veterans increases, and their roles expand, it is important that medical professionals are aware of the gender-specific health effects of service.
Susan J Neuhaus MB BS, PhD, FRACS · Samantha L Crompvoets BSc(Hons), PhD
Mobile garbage bins and hand injuries in older people
A simple design modification to standard wheelie bins could prevent serious and painful hand injuries in older people.
Rui Niu MB BS · Adam B Woodbridge MB BS · Belinda J Smith BAppSc · Stephen J Ruff MB BS, FRACS · Richard D Lawson MB BS, FRACS
John Andrew Pickering OAM, MB ChB, GradDipHA, FRACGP, FRACMA
John Pickering was born on 16 April 1938 in Egypt and graduated in medicine from the University of Sheffield, England, in 1961.In 1964, he came to Australia to work as a resident medical officer at Wimmera Base Hospital in Horsham, Victoria. The following year, he moved to nearby Dimboola, working in general practice with the revered Alister Hinchley.John moved to New South Wales in 1970, working as ...
Alan M Wolff
German doctors apologise for the crimes perpetrated by Nazi doctors
To the Editor: In his article on the German Medical Association’s apology for medical crimes under Nazism, Weisz states “One can but hope that it will be soon followed by an apology from the Austrian Medical Association”.1 Having been in Vienna on the 75th anniversary of the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938), I would like to comment as to why ...
Peter M Winterton
German doctors apologise for the crimes perpetrated by Nazi doctors
In reply: I thank Winterton for providing important information about Austria’s attitude towards its participation in Nazi atrocities. Nazi crimes perpetrated in Austria include those at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, where over a quarter of a million inmates perished. The Austrian government has acknowledged this by establishing the Mauthausen Memorial. However, the Austrian Medical Association remains silent. Recall Irmfried Eberl, the Austrian doctor who was the ...
George M Weisz
Initial outcomes of using allografts from donation after cardiac death donors for liver transplantation in New South Wales
Liver transplantation is an established treatment modality in Australia, but there continues to be a significant disparity between availability and demand. A way to reduce this gap is to maximise the use of extended-criteria deceased donor livers, with donation after cardiac death being one such option.
Jorieke M van der Stelt · Deborah J Verran MB ChB, FRACS · Ronald A deRoo MD · Hazel Christine · Michael Crawford MB BS, FRACS
History of the LIME Network and the development of Indigenous health in medical education
The Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network has developed over time as an avenue for sharing, developing and improving upon the emerging discipline of Indigenous health in medical educationThe Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network (a program of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing [DoHA]) has an 800-strong membership of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...
Timothy M Haynes BHIth · Margo E Collins BA, GradDipCounselling · Odette Mazel BA, LLB(Hons), GDLP · Louise M A Lawler BHSc, GradCertArts, MEd · Caitlin Ryan BA, MSocSc(International Development) · Shaun C Ewen BAppSc(Physio), MMIL, DEd
Breathe deeply and say “ninety-nine”
As the Journal approaches its 100th birthday, it has a new Editor-in-Chief and much to look forward to
Stephen R Leeder MD, PhD, FRACP
Enough?
A new registrar on secondment typically lacks confidence, but contributing to a positive outcome can start to make a difference.
Rebecca C Rowe BSc(Med), MB BS, DRANZCOG
