Australian and New
Zealand Society of the History of Medicine
ELEVENTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, 2009
MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER TO FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WESTWARD HO!
Health and History at the Frontier
Venue
Function Centre, University Club, University of Western
Australia, Crawley
Programme
Monday evening, 28 September: welcome function
Tuesday 29 September – Thursday 1 October: conference
sessions
Friday 2 October: all day trip to Benedictine Monastery
New Norcia
Conference themes will include:
The Dutch and French Connections
Aboriginal Health
Asbestos Related Disease
Underwater Medicine
Monks and Medicine
St John of God Hospital(s)
Infectious Disease
100th Year Anniversary – Princess Margaret Hospital for
Children
Medicine in Numis
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Witness Seminar
Wittenoom [blue asbestos]
the richest and most lethal crop of cases of asbestosis
in the world's literature
Dr Eric Saint, 1948
Post Conference Suggestions
• Rottnest Island
• Wildflower Tour
• Karri Forests
• Margaret River Wineries
Convenor: Max Kamien
mkamien@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
mob. 0419 930 660; ph. 9385 8685 |