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.
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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
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538023. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93300789. Details
- 'Schlink, Herbert H (1883-1962)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-564431. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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