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John Maund
Family Name: Maund  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: John
DOB 12 March 1823
DOD 3 April 1858 
Place of Birth: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Place of Death: Melbourne, Victoria 
Age at Death: 35
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1845
LSA 1847
MD St.Andrews 1849
Licentiate in Midwifery
Speciality: Surgeon
Physician
Apothecary
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 
Other Occupations:
Spouse:
Children:
Voyages: "Janet Mitchell" from London arr. Melbourne 3 January 1853
Came out as: Ship's surgeon 
Date Settled Aus: 1853
Date of Departure:  
First Registered: 1853 Vic
Off Register: 1858 
Addresses: Prescot, Lancashire (ADB)
  • Glasgow, Scotland (ADB)
  • London, England 1845 (ADB)
  • Paris, France 1846 (ADB)
  • Brecon, Wales 1847 (ADB)
  • Harlow, Essex 1848-1850 (ADB, LP Directory)
  • Melbourne, Vic 1853 onwards
  • Positions Held: Assistant Surgeon, St. Pancras Infirmary, London, 1844
  • Editor of Australian Medical Journal 1856-1864
  • Honorary Physician, Melbourne Lying-In Hospital 1856-1858
  • Government Analytical Chemist, Melbourne
  • Publications: Case of extra-uterine pregnancy. Australian Medical Journal 1857;2:179
    Notes: Member of the Medical Society of Paris
  • Co-founder of the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
  • He emigrated to Melbourne after contracting TB
  • Acknowledgments: This record was updated in January 2008 with information supplied by Christine Laskowski of Essendon, Vic
    References: Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • London and Provincial Medical Directory 1850 [John Maund, Harlow, Essex, MRCS 1845 LSA 1847]
  • Pearn J. Medicine and botany. Brisbane, 1990
  • Kirsop W. Library of Dr. John Maund. In: Patients, Practitioners and Techniques : Second National Conference on Medicine and health in Australia. Melbourne, 1985: 155-176
  • Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
  • Mackay EA. Medical practice during the goldfields era in Victoria. Medical Journal of Australia 1936;ii:421-8
  • McCalman J. Sex and suffering. Melbourne, 1998
  • Adverisement and testimonials. Melbourne Morning Herald 18 February 1853
  • County Court of Bourke. Argus (Melbourne) 5 September 1854 [case involving Dr. Maund, the government analytical chemist]
  • Late Dr. Maund. Australian Medical Journal 1858;3:194
  • Portraits: State Library of Victoria, reproduced in the article by E. A. Mackay
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