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Back to exibition Disease Posters: Gabriella Kontorovich  BMedSc UNSW, Master of Global Health University of Barcelona;Graphic Design: Cristian Amunategui Gutierrez Mouse-over the image to zoom in Poliomyelitis was first...

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1938 Post Graduate Medical School opened by Lord Wakefield

1938 Post Graduate Medical School opens Lord Wakehurst, Governor of NSW, opens the Post Graduate Medical School, an initiative of the University of Sydney, to provide fellowships for...

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1939 Outbreak of WWII

1939 World War II declared Great Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939. The Prime Minister Mr Robert Menzies simply announced that as Britain was at...

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1941 The commercial development of Penicillin

1941 Penicillin: The Wonder Drug Penicillin was the first medicinal antibiotic and proved to be an effective treatment against many diseases that are today considered relatively minor, but...

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1942 War time restricts hospital activities

1942 War time restricts hospital activity Prince Henry Hospital, situated as it was between Little Bay, the entrance to Botany Bay and the Bunnerong power house, prepared for...

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