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| John Day |
| Family
Name: |
Day |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
John |
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| DOB |
21 November 1816
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DOD |
11 January 1881 |
| Place
of Birth: |
St .Botolph's Priory Pembrokeshire, England
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Place
of Death: |
Yarra Sreet, Geelong, Vic |
| Age
at Death: |
64
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1847
MD Giessen 1849 (in absentia)
MD Melbourne (aeg) 1869
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Speciality:
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General practitioner |
| Other
Occupations: |
Medical scientist |
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| Spouse:
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Hannah Connell 1850 |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Rajah" from London arr. Adelaide 6 January 1849
"Reliance" from Liverpool and Plymouth with immigrants arr. Melbourne 19 March 1850
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1850
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1850 NSW No.380
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Off
Register: |
1881 |
| Addresses:
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Geelong, Vic 1851-1881 |
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| Positions
Held: |
President Medical Society of Victoria 1876 |
| Publications:
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See ref Due S. |
| Notes:
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Notable for his scientific work with hydrogen peroxide and his part in discovering the guaiacum test for blood
His brother was George Edward Day, LRCP 1844, FRCP 1848, PRS 1850. Chandos Prof. of Med. at St. Andrews 1815-1872, born Tenby
Registered Victoria 1851 and UK 1860 |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Due S. John Day. Journal of Medical Biography 1995;3(2):99-104
Lang R. Visions and realities. Geelong : Neptune Press, 1980:63-71
[List of legally qualified medical practitioners] Port Phillip Government Gazette 1851:234
Dr. Day has removed to his new residence in Yarra street nearly opposite the Wesleyan Church. GA 9 February 1854
Brownhill WR. History of Geelong and Corio Bay. Postscript edition. Geelong Geelong Advertiser, 1990: 353,400,415
Cannon M. Perilous Voyages to the New Land. Mornington, Vic : Today's Australia Publishing Company, 1997
Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1867
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1976
Medical Directory 1861
Medical Directory 1880
Medical Directory 1882
Hughes IA Passengers to Port Phillip from Liverpool, 1839-51. Northcote, Vic : Ian A. Hughes, 1982
Australian Medical Journal 1872; 17: 120-2
Hopton AJ. List of registered and unregistered medical practitioners at Port Phillip between 1835 and 1851. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 1950;36:376-9
Obituary. Australian Medical Journal 1881; 3: 78
UK Medcial Register
Medical directory for 1873, and general medical register. London : Churchill, 1873 |
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