Person

Hewlett, Herbert Maunsell (1872 - 1957)

Born
13 October 1872
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Died
26 July 1957
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Radiologist

Summary

Herbert Hewlett joined the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, in 1896 in an honorary capacity as physician and surgeon. The following year he established the Hospital's X-ray department, the first such department any Melbourne public hospital. Hewlett was appointed Honorary Skiagraphist in 1912, and continued in this capacity until 1936. He concurrently held the same position at St Vincent's Hospital. Hewlett was highly-regarded as a radiologist and always ready to adopt technological advances, particularly with regard to improving safety in using radiological equipment. His interests included investigation of the intestinal tract, in which he collaborated with J. F. Wilkinson. On the foundation of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology (later Radiologists) in 1935 Hewlett became a Member, and was Vice-President in 1939.

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Chronology

1896
Career event - Joined the Children's Hospital, Melbourne, as honorary physician and surgeon
1896
Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
1896
Education - Completed his medical studies, University of Edinburgh
1897
Career event - Established X-ray department, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1897
Career event - Joined his father's practice, Fitzroy, Melbourne
1911 - 1934
Career position - Honorary Skiagraphist, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
1912 - 1936
Career position - Honorary Skiagraphist (later Radiologist), Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1930 - 1952
Career position - Member, Melbourne Radiology Clinic
1935 - 1949
Career position - Foundation Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology (later Radiologists)
1939
Career position - Vice-President, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology
1953
Career event - Ceased practising

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Archival resources

University of Melbourne, Brownless Medical Library

  • Herbert Maunsell Hewlett - Records; University of Melbourne, Brownless Medical Library. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • McKeown, Malcolm, 'Hewlett, Herbert Maunsell (1872-1956), radiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 276-277. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090286b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Macdonald, Colin, 'Harry Douglas Stephens, Herbert Hewlett and some of their colleagues', Victorian historical magazine, 33 (1) (1962), 263-84. Details
  • 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
  • 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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