Chiron Spring 2007

Contents

• Editorial ‘Clinical Connections’ by David Penington [PDF 55K]
• Cover story

In celebration of a 150 year partnership: the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital

• The historic birth of Mary Porrina Balls-Headley Carew by Janet McCalman
• A wire from Sir Lance by Ann Brothers [PDF 134K]
• Robert Marshall Allan by Ann Westmore [PDF 642K]
• Humanity’s Mirror: 150 years of anatomy in Melbourne by Ross L Jones [PDF 96]

Research

• Three perspectives on collaboration: Melissa Southey, John Hopper and Louise Keogh [PDF 159K]
• Treating stress urinary incontinence in elderly women by Margaret Sherburn [PDF 95K]
• Two perspectives on women’s mental health: Fiona Judd and Jane Gunn [PDF 87K]

Alumni Stories

• Vera Scantlebury – an Australian female surgeon in the First World War by Heather Sheard [PDF 674K]
• Chris Bayly
• Kate Stern
• The Tracy Maunders by Leslie Reti

2007 Peter G Jones Elective Essays

• The Tip of the Iceberg by Ingrid Laemmle-Ruff [PDF 63K]
• Trial By Fire by Matthew Lin [PDF 52K]

Faculty news

Reunions and celebrations

• MBBS reunions: 1961, 1962, 1945
• Fiftieth anniversaries of the University Departments of Medicine and Surgery and the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital

Obituaries

• John Billings AM KCSG, Joyce Daws DBE, Ilana Rischin, Lee Min Yap, Neville York

In brief

• Congratulations to alumni, staff and students
• 2006 student prizes and awards
• What’s on
• Sharing our successes, building relationships and attracting support

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