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Biographical Compendium The Royal Women’s Hospital Biographical Compendium Committee of Management and Secretary Biographical Compendium A Adam, George Rothwell Wilson (1853 - 1925), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Allan, Robert Marshall (1886 - 1946), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Allen, Sydney Herbert (1876 - ), Surgeon Anderson, Bruce Hunter (1912 - 1972), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Anderson, Eugene Wilton (1859 - 1934), Medical Practitioner Auxiliaries B Balls-Headley, Walter (1842 - 1918), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Barrie, Jean Unita (1923 - ), Blood Serologist and Medical Scientist Bettinger, Hans Frederick (1897 - 1975), Pathologist Black, Joseph ( - 1879), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Board of Management (1856 - 1995) Brett, Percy Gore (1879 - 1968), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Burke, Stephen Joseph (1835 - 1898), Medical practitioner, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Butler, Hildred Mary ( - 1975), Bacteriologist Butler, Hildred Mary (1906 - 1975), Bacteriologist and Medical Scientist C Chambers, Roy William (1890 - 1944), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Cherry, Margaretta (Meta) (1822 - 1907), Nurse Crameri, Jean Frances ("Cram") (1909 - ), Midwife Cunningham, Charles (1890 - 1953), Anaesthetist and Medical Practitioner Cuscaden, George (1858 - 1933), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Cuscaden, William George Henry (1887 - 1956), Chairman, Honorary Medical Staff, Gynaecologist and Medical practitioner D D'Ebro, Blanche Mary (nee Tracy) (1859 - 1943), Board of Management member Downie, Thomas Taylor (1861 - 1939), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Drevermann, Ernest Barclay (1913 - ), Medical Practitioner and Resuscitationist F Fetherston, Gerald Henry (c. 1829 - 1901), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Fetherston, Richard Herbert (1864 - 1943), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Forster, Frank Menzies Cameron (1923 - 1995), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner, Obstetrician and Professorial Staff Fowler, Robert (1888 - 1965), Gynaecologist and Medical Practitioner G Gentlemen's Committee (1856 - ) Gilbee, Esther Elizabeth (c. 1805 - 1875), Matron Gillbee, Sarah Ann (1803 - 1882), Midwife Godfrey, Graham George (c. 1905 - 1960), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Green, Hubert Sydney (1892 - 1950), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician H Harley, Alfred William ( - 1966), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Hayes, William Ivon (1893 - ), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Hill, Arthur Machen “Bung” (1903 - 1979) Honorary Anaesthetist Honorary Physicians Hooper, John William Dunbar (1860 - 1934), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Horne, George (1860 - 1927), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician J Jona, Judah Leon (1886 - 1964), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician L Lawson, Betty Constance (1915 - 2006), Matron and Midwife Lemmon, William Morton (1899 - 1961), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Page 1 Ley, Gordon David (1914 - c. 1970), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Lloyd, Henry Cairns (1865 - 1943), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician M Macdonald, Colin Ferguson (1895 - 1969), Medical Practitioner and Radiologist Mackay, Edward Alan (1863 - 1944), Medical Practitioner and Paediatric Surgeon Martin, Lawrence Joseph (1826 - 1879), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Matson, Thelma Jean (1928 - 1990) Maund, John (1823 - 1858), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician McArthur, Arthur Norman (1869 - 1950), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Meyer, Felix Henry (1858 - 1937), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Mollison, Crawford Henry (1863 - 1949), Medical practitioner and Pathologist Moore, William Harold James (1893 - 1975), Medical Practitioner and Urologist Morrison, Reginald Herbert ( - 1941), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Morton, Francis William Watson (1857 - 1930), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician N Nattrass, John Hodgson (1870 - 1943), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Nyulasy, Francis Armand (1862 - 1934), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician O O’Sullivan, Michael Ulick ( - c. 1917), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Officer, David Mc Master (1868 - 1916), Medical practitioner and Paediatric Surgeon Oliver, Catherine Mary (c. 1829 - 1875), Matron P Perry, Frances (“Fanny”) (1814 - 1892), Board of Management member Place, Jessica (1909 - 1994), Nurse and Nurse Educator Prendergast, James Joseph (1858 - 1917), Medical Practitioner Professorial Unit R Rawlings, William Joseph (1903 - ), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Rawson, Marianne (1855 - 1934), Nurse Robertson, Allen William David (c. 1866 - 1954), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner, Obstetrician, Pharmacist and Surgeon Rowan, Thomas (1852 - 1935), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician The Royal Women's Hospital, founders S Saltau, William Dixon (1894 - 1970), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Sarah Barfoot - see Gillbee, Sarah Ann (1803 - 1882), Midwife Sarah Griffiths - see Gillbee, Sarah Ann (1803 - 1882), Midwife Servants Sexton, Hannah Mary Helen (1861 - 1950), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Sherwin, John Arthur Hopkins (1881 - 1961), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Simpson, George (1899 - 1960), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Spiers, Norman Lennox (1886 - 1960), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Sutherland, Bertram Milne (1877 - 1951), Anaesthetist, Board of Management member, Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner, Obstetrician and Surgeon Sutherland, Roderick Tate (1866 - 1945), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Sutton, Charles Standford (1863 - 1950), Medical practitioner T Tracy, Richard Thomas (1826 - 1874), Medical practitioner, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician True, Frank Elliot Trenoweth (1892 - 1965), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Turnbull, William Mackie (c. 1855 - 1867), Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician W Wawn, Royle Newton (1880 - 1966), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician White, Edward Rowden (c. 1884 - 1958), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Wilson, Arthur Mitchell (1888 - 1947), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Worcester, Reginald George (1903 - 1972), Gynaecologist, Medical Practitioner and Obstetrician Page 2 Adam, George Rothwell Wilson (1853 - 1925) M.D. (Melb.), C.M. (Edin.) Born 1853 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Died 1925 Occupation Gynaecologist, Medical practitioner and Obstetrician Details Transcription of item written by Dr Colin Macdonald and published in "The Book of Remembrance", The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 1956. ROTHWELL ADAM (1888 - 1913) George Rothwell Wilson Adam, who succeeded Balls Headley as lecturer in obstetrics and diseases of women, held this important academic post for 14 years, being followed by Felix Meyer. Adam was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1853, the son of Rev. George Wilson Adam. The family migrated to New South Wales when Rothwell was very young, and after a period of ten years, moved to Victoria. Educated at the Scotch College, Melbourne, where Dr. Alexander Morrison - one of the famous Aberdonian family of Schoolmasters - was the principal, Rothwell, on leaving Scotch, took up farming. But the life on the land did not prove attractive, and before reaching the age of twenty, he left Australia to study medicine at Edinburgh. Here he graduated in 1877 and his first resident appointment was that of house physician at the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital under Sir Halliday Croom and Milne Murray. In 1878 and 1879 he was house physician and surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. In 1880 he returned to Melbourne and commenced practice in East Melbourne, being appointed assistant surgeon at the Alfred Hospital shortly after his arrival. In the early days of his practice, full use was made of the experience gained in Scotland and Adam sought every opportunity to render himself especially proficient in obstetrics and gynaecology. In 1888 he was elected an honorary obstetrician to the Women’s Hospital and worked assiduously and with characteristic energy in the obstetric department until appointed honorary gynaecological surgeon in 1895. His influence on the hospital was profound, and during the 36 years until his retirement from the staff in 1913, he was responsible for much of its progress. As a teacher his success was noteworthy. He was held in affection by students, patients and colleagues, and his lectures have been described as patterns of excellence, logical, well-elaborated and admirably delivered. The manner in which he applied the principles of correct ethical behaviour, both in his professional and private life, had a considerable influence on all those, undergraduates and graduates alike, with whom he came in contact. In the days before the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association was merged with the Medical Society of Victoria, Adam was President of the latter body. He was chosen as President of the section of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Australasian Medical Congress in Sydney in
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