Harris, Samuel Henry (1881 - 1936)

Summary

Harry Harris completed medicine in 1906. Soon afterwards he developed an interest in gynaecology and obstetrics, but eventually specialised in urology. Harris proved to be a great surgeon. Although proficient in successfully using the established urological techniques, he developed new procedures and designed many specialist instruments to dramatically decrease the mortality rate. Unfortunately, other surgeons around the world could not reproduce Harris's result so he failed to gain international recognition. Harry Harris was a foundation Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Australia, a member of the International Society of Urology and helped transform the Sydney Urological Society into the Urological Society of Australasia.

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Chronology

1906

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney

1906 - 1907

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Sydney Hospital

c. 1907 - ?

Career position - General practice in Enmore, New South Wales

1914 - ?

Career position - Honorary Urologist at the Lewisham Hospital

1914

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney

Published resources

Book Sections

• Murphy, Leonard J. T., 'Harris, Samuel Henry (Harry) (1881-1936)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 212-213. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090212b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Murphy, Leonard J. T., 'Harry Harris and his Contribution to Suprapubic Prostatectomy', Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 54 (1984), 579-588. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7411673. Details
• 'Harris, Samuel Henry (1881-1936)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468749. Details

See also

• Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details