Person

Bird, Samuel Dougan (1832 - 1904)

Born
4 November 1832
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Died
15 May 1904
"Montreaux", South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Surgeon

Summary

Samuel Bird established a medical practice in Melbourne in 1862, specializing in lung diseases. He lectured in the Medical Faculty of the University of Melbourne 1869-1887. He was the father of Frederick Dougan Bird.

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Educated King's College Hospital (LRCP 1851, MRCSE 1854). MD, St Andrews 1859. MD, ad eund, University of Melbourne 1862. Resident physician's assistant, Hospital for Consumption, Brompton 1851; private practice, Richmond, Surrey 1852-54, 1856-60, 1861; divisional surgeon 1854; service at Sebastopol 1855; commanded the medical staff for the Turkish expedition to relieve Kars 1855 and awarded the Imperial Order of Medjidie by the sultan; arrived Melbourne 1862; private practice 1861-1904; physician to the Benevolent Asylum and Immigrants Aid Society; first honorary physician, Alfred Hospital from 1871; lecturer in materia medica, University of Melbourne from 1869, lecturer in the theory and practice of medicine 1881-87; chief medical officer to the Australian Mutual Provident Society in Victoria for 30 years. President, Medical Society of Victoria 1869. Interested in chest disease.

Chronology

1861 - 1904
Career position - In private practice, Melbourne
1862
Life event - Migrated to Melbourne
1869 -
Career position - Lecturer in Materia Medica, University of Melbourne
1869
Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria
1871 -
Career position - Honorary Physician, Alfred Hospital
1881 - 1887
Career position - Lecturer in the theory and practice of medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Samuel Dougan Bird - Records, 1829 - 1928; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

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See also

  • Smith, James, ed., The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress (Melbourne: Cyclopedia Co, 1903-1905), vol.1: 618 pp, vol.2: 563 pp, vol.3: 643 pp. 'Samuel Dougan Bird' Vol.1 p.441-2. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 February 2023

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