Title In the capacity of a surgeon : a biography of Walter Scott : surgeon and Australian colonist, and first civilian of Queensland / John Hemsley Pearn

Edition First edition Published Brisbane : University of Queensland [Dept. of Child Health], 1988 Brisbane : The University of Queensland, 1988

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WATERFT HEALTH	617.0924 Sco.p		AVAILABLE

Description vi, 226 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles, genealogical tables ; 25 cm Series Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection Summary The life of Surgeon Walter Scott, of Eskdale, who emigrated to Sydney, then went to Queensland. An account of his life at Moreton Bay Settlement from 1824, his success as a colonist and his contributions to the history of Queensland and NSW Analysis Australia - family history Scott, Walter Notes "Surgeon and Australian colonist, and first civilian of Queensland; and the first to act in a medical role in the Moreton Bay settlement" -- title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Scott, Walter, 1787-1854. Royal Children's Hospital (Brisbane, Qld.) Colonization -- Convicts Medical care -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Medical care -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century. Medicine -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century. Medicine -- Australia -- Queensland -- History. Prisoners -- Colonization. Surgeons -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography. General Surgery -- history. General Surgery. History, 19th Century. History of medicine, 19th century History of Medicine -- 19th century SUBJECT Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 Queensland. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011793 Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Genre/Form Biography. Biographies. Author University of Queensland. Department of Child Health. LC no. 95963212 ISBN 0959632123 (hbk.)

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