Western Australia has had 20 new cases of leprosy in the past five years. The disease disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
So what is leprosy? And why isn’t it a thing of the past?
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Showing posts with label australia. Show all posts
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
General Practice Past: Dr Ettie Lyons
If any of you follow my Facebook or twitter feeds you will know me to be a proud (and recently vocal) General Practitioner. You will also know that in the last little while my specialty has taken a political beating and I am not the only GP feeling more than a little devalued and questioning my choice of career.
I had been planning and researching this particular series for a while - delayed as always due to a busy life. I'm bringing it forward for my own purpose - to find inspiration in the amazing doctors who went before me in this remarkable specialty of mine.
We will start with Dr. Ettie Lyons.
I had been planning and researching this particular series for a while - delayed as always due to a busy life. I'm bringing it forward for my own purpose - to find inspiration in the amazing doctors who went before me in this remarkable specialty of mine.
We will start with Dr. Ettie Lyons.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
An Eye for War.
This wasn't the post I was planning to write, I had one planned about leprosy, - but I can never resist a story about a good Australian doctor, so hopefully you can all wait a little longer for that tale.
Today we are going to talk about the wonderfully named Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan who was born on Killeen Station in Victoria on the 20th September 1853. He studied at the University of Melbourne and then completed his study at the University of Edinburgh (Australian medical degrees were not wholly awarded in Australia until well into the 20th century - in fact up until very recently, most Australian doctors would complete at least some of their training in the United Kingdom). He then undertook further postgraduate training as a surgeon in Italy and Austria.
Today we are going to talk about the wonderfully named Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan who was born on Killeen Station in Victoria on the 20th September 1853. He studied at the University of Melbourne and then completed his study at the University of Edinburgh (Australian medical degrees were not wholly awarded in Australia until well into the 20th century - in fact up until very recently, most Australian doctors would complete at least some of their training in the United Kingdom). He then undertook further postgraduate training as a surgeon in Italy and Austria.
Sir Ryan at the time of his enlistment (public domain image sourced from the Australian War Memorial Collection)
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Round the Bend
This last week juggling work and a little baby I have found myself frequently thinking that I am going round the bend.
Which of course then leads me to wondering where that phrase may have originated. As your author tends to do.
Clearly the expression has something to do with mental health. There is a school of thought that suggests it may have to do with the fact that many mental asylums were at the end of windy roads.
However I once heard a much more interesting theory, which also happens to be local, that I'd like to share with you today.
Which of course then leads me to wondering where that phrase may have originated. As your author tends to do.
Clearly the expression has something to do with mental health. There is a school of thought that suggests it may have to do with the fact that many mental asylums were at the end of windy roads.
However I once heard a much more interesting theory, which also happens to be local, that I'd like to share with you today.
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