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Russell, Robert Hamilton (1860 - 1933)

Born
3 September 1860
Farningham, Kent, England
Died
30 April 1933
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Surgeon

Summary

Robert Russell was a surgeon at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne from 1901-1919 and at the Children's Hospital before and after this period. He began his career as dresser and then house surgeon to Lord Lister (house surgeon at the Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury) between 1884 and 1885, followed by further training in Europe to 1886. A lung complaint prompted his migration to Victoria in 1890. Russell established that the minimal treatment for iguinal hernia was removal of the hernial sac without other forms of repair and was widely regarded as an expert in the management of fractures. His contributions to professional organisations included a term as President of he Medical Society of Victoria, and as Director General of the College of Surgeons of Australasia, of which he was a founding fellow. Russell is commemorated by Hamilton Russell House at the Alfred Hospital, a bronze bust by Paul Montford at the Alfred Hospital and a life mask.

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1882
Education - MRSC, Kings' College Hospital, London
1886
Education - LRCP, Kings' College Hospital, London
1890
Life event - Migrated to Melbourne
1890 - 1892
Career position - In general practice in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn
1892 - ?
Career position - Assistant demonstrator in anatomy, University of Melbourne
1892 - 1901
Career position - Surgeon, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1901 - 1919
Career position - Surgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
1903
Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria
1920
Career position - Founder, Victorian Association of Surgeons
1920 - 1925
Career position - Surgeon, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1927 - 1933
Career position - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia
1928 - 1933
Career position - Director General, College of Surgeons of Australasia

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