Person

Clendinnen, Frederick John (1860 - 1913)

Born
13 April 1860
Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia
Died
6 November 1913
London, England
Occupation
Radiologist

Summary

Frederick Clendinnen, the father of Leslie John Clendinnen, was a general practitioner in Melbourne 1886-1898 and thereafter a medical radiologist, one of the first in the world. He is generally acknowledged to be the first medical man in Melbourne to take an X-ray photograph of a patient.

Clendinnen also invented several devices to assist his medical practice, including an instrument for discovering stone in the bladder by sound, a chloroform inhaler, and an electric coin catcher for removing coins and buttons from the oesophagus. He also invented an automatic telephone, which was adopted by the Victorian Government.

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Educated University of Melbourne, Edinburgh (L and LMid, RCP and RCS 1884) and Brussels (MD and doctorate of midwifery 1885).

Chronology

1886 - 1898
Career event - In general practice, Hawskburn, Victoria
1896
Career event - Purchased his first X-ray apparatus
1896 - 1913
Career position - Honorary skiagraphist, Melbourne Hospital
1896 - 1913
Career position - Honorary skiagraphist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

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Published resources

Book Sections

  • Bennett, Robert, 'Clendinnen, Frederick John (1860-1913) and Leslie John (1887-1954) radiologists' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 28-29. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080029b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Macdonald, Colin F., 'Roentgen's discovery of the X-rays and the pioneer Melbourne radiologists', Victorian historical magazine, 36 (4) (1965), 136-53. Details

Resources

See also

  • Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm eds, Australasian Radiology: a History (Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1996), 542 pp. Details
  • 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. 'Frederick John Clendinnen' Vol.1 p.442. Details
  • Trainor, J. P., Salute to the X-ray pioneers of Australia (Sydney: W. Watson and Sons Ltd, 1946), 81 pp. Details

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