Joan Durdin, Nurse Educator (retired) This address was delivered at the eighth Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 16 July, 1986. To be invited to contribute to the 1986 Foundation Day Commemorative Service is an honour that I deeply appreciate.
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1985 – Ionizing Rays and Cancer in Review
Bertram Speakman Hanson, Emeritus Radiation Oncologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital This address was delivered at the seventh Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 10 July, 1985. I suppose you will all have heard of the Welsh divine who announced from his pulpit that
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1984 – A History of Dentistry in South Australia
James (Bill) Scollin, previously Dental Superintendent, Royal Adelaide Hospital This address was delivered at the sixth Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 11 July, 1984. Before I attempt to recount the history of the Dental Hospital, it is necessary for me
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1983 – The True Glory
Hamilton D’Arcy Sutherland, Emeritus Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital This address was delivered at the fifth Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 July, 1983. Sir Francis Drake, in his dispatches to Queen Elizabeth I, following his raid on Cadiz
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1982 – Renewal and Compassion
Peter Stuart Hetzel, Emeritus Cardiologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital 9 9 This address was delivered at the fourth Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 14 July, 1982. The occasion included the dedication of the stained glass window The Good Samaritan by Cedar Prest. 9 ‘Nurses
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1981 – The Fourth of the Four Hospitals
Brian Joseph Shea, previously Director of Mental Health 9 9 9 This address was delivered at the third Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 8 July, 1981. 9 In giving this brief address the title of ‘The Fourth of the Four Hospitals’, I am indebted
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1980 – The 140th Anniversary
James Estcourt Hughes, Emeritus Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital 9 9 9 This address was delivered at the second Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 9 July, 1980. 9 At the beginning of this address I must nail my colours to the mast by saying
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1979 – The Royal Adelaide Hospital
Pamela Joy Spry, Emeritus Director of Nursing, Royal Adelaide Hospital 7 7 9 This inaugural address was delivered at the first Foundation Day Ceremony held at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 11 July, 1979. 8 In A History of the Royal Adelaide Hospital written by J Estcourt Hughes, he states
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Foundation Day Addresses 1979 – 2015
The Adelaide Hospital Foundation Stone was laid in 1840 with the hospital opening in 1841. Each year Royal Adelaide Hospital recognises its foundation with a ceremony held in the Chapel of the Residential Building during Royal Adelaide Hospital Week. The main feature of the event is an oration. In choosing
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