The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn, Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). During the 1940s Blackburn worked with a team of medical researchers in Cairns to find a way of arresting the crippling malaria casualties among Australian troops in New Guinea. Volunteers were deliberately infected with the disease and then treated under various drug trials. The results of the trials at 1MRU highlighted the importance of taking Atabrine (mepacrine) which significantly reduced the symptoms of malaria seen in operation in New Guinea. In 1949 Blackburn established the state's first clinical research unit at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he later became actively involved in the training of doctors in the 1960s and 70s. In 2006 Emeritus Professor Blackburn was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of his service to the development of academic medicine and medical education in Australia.
Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn, Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Du
Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn, Commanding and Senior Physician of the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit (LHQ, 1MRU), Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Du
On 23rd June 1943, an experimental group for research into malaria was established at 5 Australian Camp Hospital at Cairns, Qld. (L.H.Q. - Land Head Quarters Medical Research Unit). Volunteers were e
Cardboard photograph wallet, printed in black, to hold negatives and prints. The front has 'KODAK' within a circle, with 'ORDER No. ...' at the top right corner, and 'CAIRO: Opera Square', and 'ALEXAN
Brown cardboard photograph wallet, printed in black, to hold negatives and prints. The front is printed 'SAYOUR's 5, EMAD EL DINE STREET, CAIRO/ All works and supplies for amateurs'. There are spaces
Brown paper photograph wallet, printed in black, to hold negatives and prints. The front is titled 'MITRY'S PHOTO STORES & STUDIOS/ The Largest & Cheapest Photo-Firm/ EL-MANAKH SQUARE/ Opposite "DAVIE
Brown paper photograph wallet, printed in black, to hold negatives and prints. The front has space to write a Negative Book Number and the customers name, and is further printed 'THE NEW EGYPT./ M.K.
