PAUL LOUBET – THE TRAGIC FINALE

PAUL LOUBET - THE TRAGIC FINALE

  The continuing story of  Paul Rene  Loubet. Dr Loubet accepted a position at the Melbourne Hospital in May 1917. Subsequently  he was required to present himself at Melbourne University,  to be examined for the degree of M.D. As part of the process he presented the Registrar

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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. DRUMMOND – PART ONE

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. DRUMMOND - PART ONE

Dr Edward Drummond had undertaken his medical training in Edinburgh, and spent time in England and Italy. His entry in the 1886 Australian Medical Directory read ‘Formerly Physician Scots. Coll, Rome, Sidmouth Dispensary etc. ‘ He had recently arrived in Sydney from South Africa and was initially

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Chicago, where an Australian ‘surgeon’ trained in a bank.

Chicago, where an Australian 'surgeon' trained in a bank.

TO CHICAGO – ON A MEDICAL MISSION On September 3 1906, a wealthy young dentist from Brisbane boarded  the passenger  ship Aorangi. He disembarked in Vancouver,  then entered the United States and  made his way to Chicago by train. His name was Victor Richard Ratten. Soon after he

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