Melbourne, Australia

12 entries published in this place. (Melbourne, AU)

1859 CE

#10891

Original contributions to the practice of conservative surgery; being a selection from the surgical cases occurring in the practice of James G. Beaney.

The first work on surgery written and published in Australia, and one of the first medical works on any subject written and published in Australia.

1863 CE

#10894

On Australasian climates and their influence in the prevention and arrest of pulmonary consumption.

BIRD, Samuel Dougan (1832 – 1904)

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1869 CE

#10890

Syphilis: Its nature & diffusion popularly considered.

BEANEY, James George (1828 – 1891)

The first work on dermatology or syphilology written, printed and published in Australia. This work is illustrated with chromolithographed plates printed in Australia. This may be the earliest medical book printed in …

1873 CE

#11749

Heart studies in Australia, with observations on aneurism of the aorta.

REEVES, Charles Evans

The first book on heart disease written by an Australian physician and published in Australia.

1914 CE

#13802

The history of small-pox in Australia 1788-1908.

CUMPSTON, John Howard Lidgett (1890 – 1954)

A second volume, The history of small-pox in Australia, 1909-1923 by J.H.L. Compston and F. McCallum was published in Melbourne: H. J. Green, govt. printer, 1925.

1941 CE

#4614.1

Encephalography.

ROBERTSON, Edward Graeme (1903 – 1975)

Robertson improved the accuracy and reliability of encephalography and reduced its discomforts.

1949 CE

#2578.7

The production of antibodies. 2nd ed.

BURNET, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899 – 1985) FENNER, Frank John (1914 – 2010)

Burnet and Fenner introduced the “self-marker” concept – natural tolerance to one’s own body constituents depended on their presence at a critical stage of embryonic development.