Papers of Jean Macnamara. [ca. 1920]-1968.

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Papers of Jean Macnamara. [ca. 1920]-1968.

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A collection of correspondence, press cuttings, case histories, appointment books, sketches, articles, etc. relating to the life and career of Dr Jean Macnamara. There is a large amount of published material much of which consists of Dr Macnamara's own writings. There is also a considerable volume of material relating to her interest in the eradication of rabbits by the introduction into Australia of the virus disease, myxomatosis. She was largely responsible for persuading the Australian Government to hold field trials using myxomatosis. Other fields of interest represented in the collection include orthopaedics, research into polio, and animal diseases which have some relationship to human beings and to domestic animals. Also included are several folders of letters written by Dr Macnamara to her family while she was overseas on a Rockefeller Foundation travelling scholarship from 1931-1933.

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Macnamara, Annie Jean, Dame, 1899-1968

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Graduated M.D., B.S., Melbourne University; Resident Medical Officer at Melbourne Hospital 1922-1923, and at the Royal Children's Hospital 1923-1925; Honorary Medical Officer to the Physiotherapy Dept. Royal Children's Hospital 1927-1959 where she organized and supervised the care of the children suffering from poliomyelitis; Rockefeller Foundation travelling scholarship 1931-1933; on the part-time staff of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1933-1937; consultant for Physica...