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World War 1, Adelaide Hospital Nursing Staff: Sister Fannie Herring

Posted on April 17, 2015 by

As a probationer nurse, Fannie Herring was intent on a course of nursing and study that would see her achievements acknowledged with the Honours Medal, awarded for the first time in 1902. First class pass in all four subjects, Medicine, Surgery Ophthalmology, Gynaecology had to be obtained,  the Adelaide Hospital Board of

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Australian Surgical Teams in South Vietnam, South Australian Staff, presentation to the South Australian Fellows of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS) c 1967

Posted on October 24, 2014 by

transcript of the presentation  by Dr C. G. [Graham] Wilson I will first of all try to describe for you the Bien Hoa Provincial Hospital in which the South Australian Team worked. I hope this may be of some interest and also the facilities available to us helped to determine much

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