Person
Burnell, Mary Taylor (1907 - 1996)
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1996
- Occupation
- Anaesthetist
- Alternative Names
- Angel, Mary Taylor (maiden name)
Summary
Mary Burnell became resident medical officer at the Adelaide Children's Hospital in 1931. In 1934 she was appointed assistant honorary anaesthetist at the hospital and a year later she became the first female member of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. Burnell was the only anaesthetist at the hospital during World War Two and was on call day and night. In the 1950s she became the first woman president of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, a member of the board of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Women Dean of the Faculty.
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health (Edgecliff, NSW: Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], 1997), 160 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Wilson, G., 'Dr Mary Taylor Burnell', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 24 (1996), 721-3. Details
Resources
- 'Burnell, Mary Taylor (19070221-19960825)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476498. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2007