SPRINGTHORPE, JOHN WILLIAM : British Medical Association VIC branch

 Professional Association Membership: id 78100
Professional Association
British Medical Association VIC branch
Notes & leadership roles
Leading role in its establishment
Sources
Australian Encyclopaedia of Science
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supporting the professional training and registration of a number of medical disciplines, including the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association and the Masseurs Registration Board (predecessor to physiotherapy), as well as dentistry—becoming the inaugural Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Melbourne in 1924. He took a leading role in establishing the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association, was actively involved in the regular gatherings of the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia (renamed Australasian Medical Congress in 1905) and was editor of the Australasian Medical Gazette for many years. He championed reforms in the treatment of the insane and the use of psychological therapies. He was also instrumental in establishing the Talbot Colony for Epileptics in 1907, in Clayton and later in the setting up of the Tweddle Hospital for Babies and Mothercraft nursing.
 
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