Person

Schlink, Herbert Henry (1883 - 1962)

Born
28 March 1883
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Died
30 November 1962
Occupation
Gynaecologist

Summary

Herbert Schlink was appointed a lecturer in gynaecology at the University of Sydney in 1935. He combined surgery with cobalt ray therapy in treating pelvic cancer and using statistical methods he pioneered the systematic follow-up of cancer patients.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Herbert Henry Schlink - Records, 1935 - 1950; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Herbert Henry Schlink - Records, 1935 - 1950, P 12; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Maddox, Kempson, Schlink of Prince Alfred: a biography of Sir Herbert Schlink (Camperdown, NSW: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1978), 238 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Teale, Ruth, 'Schlink, Sir Herbert Henry (1883-1962), Gynaecologist and Hospital Administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 538-539. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110552b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Maddox, Kempson, 'Herbert Henry Schlink', Medical Journal of Australia, 1963 (1) (1963), 403-6. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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