Badham, Charles
Person: id 2364
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USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Badham
Given name(s)
Charles
Initials
C.
Gender
Male
Tertiary education
Start date
1910
Combined start dates
19151910
Education notes
Studied Diploma of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney, attained gold medal from pharmacy board in 1907.
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Badham C. : Resident Medical Officer - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Badham C. : Medical Practitioner 1920 - @ Kendall [ NSW Australia ]Badham C. : Medical Practitioner 1920 - @ Laurieton [ NSW Australia ]Badham C. : Medical Officer 1921 - Department of Public Health @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Badham C. : Medical Officer for Industrial Hygiene 1923 - Department of Public Health @ New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]
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M.B., Ch.M., B.Sc., D.P.H. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 15th February, 1918, and sailing 8th May, served with No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, from 11th September and 5th Australian Field Ambulance from 21st, being R.M.O. 18th Battn. from 29th December, 1918, to 17th January, 1919.
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Badham's most significant research was on dust diseases of the lungs of workers in coal-mines and in sandstone tunnels, for which he received international recognition. He developed methods of dust sampling and did pathology examinations of miners' lungs and also animal experiments on the effect of injected and inhaled dusts. silica and carbon. Badham played an important role in introducing compensation for workers with dusted lungs in New South Wales. He was associate editor of the Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. With H. B. Taylor, assistant government analyst, he showed that there was normally some lead excretion in the urine of Sydney residents and established the level. Lead was then the main industrial poison and Badham worked for regulations for its control, which were gazetted in 1928. He also reported on a sugar dust explosion, occupational dermatitis in rubber works and ventilation in wine cellars. From ADB entry
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12779
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Australian War Memorial
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