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        Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
        From the collection of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
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        Tool - Amputation set of surgical instruments

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        • Ceremonial object - Ivory gavel
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          Ceremonial object - Ivory gavel

        • Plaque - Bronze plaque of Hugh Devine, Sir Hugh Devine by Stanley Hammond
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          Plaque - Bronze plaque of Hugh Devine, Sir Hugh Devine by Stanley Hammond

        • Farquhar McCrae portrait
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          Farquhar McCrae portrait

        • Archibald Watson
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          Archibald Watson

        • Archibald Watson
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        • Sir Louis Barnett
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          Sir Louis Barnett

        • RACS facade 1960's
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          RACS facade 1960's

        • Old Model School
          Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives

          Old Model School

        • Matron's Quarters, Old Model School ( now RACS)
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          Matron's Quarters, Old Model School ( now RACS)

        • Lord Casey visits RACS 1965
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          Lord Casey visits RACS 1965

        • Prince Charles visits RACS
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          Prince Charles visits RACS

        • Herald Sun article Presentation of the mace to RACS
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          Herald Sun article Presentation of the mace to RACS

        • Presentation of College mace
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          Presentation of College mace

        • 1927 Founders meeting
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          1927 Founders meeting

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        • Photograph (item) - Opening of RACS
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          Photograph (item) - Opening of RACS

        • Decorative object - Coffee set
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          Decorative object - Coffee set

          A gift given to Gordon Wheeler, first secretary of RACS. Includes six coffee cups and saucers, milk jug/lid, sugar pot/lid and coffee pot. 18 pieces in total

          Coffee set belonging to Gordon Wheeler .Includes six coffee cups and saucers, milk jug/lid, sugar pot/lid and coffee pot. 18 pieces in total

          orange and green floral and leaf decorations

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        • 'My Dear Sir I was at Windsor last night and am just returned. I have therefore sent my relation Mr Bransby Cooper who has been a surgeon the army with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula & has seen an immense field of practice and who you will find excellently informed in his profession. I am yours very truly Astley Cooper
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          Document (item) - Letter form Sir Astley Cooper

        • Photograph (item) - Sir Alexander MacCormick on the yacht Ada
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          Photograph (item) - Sir Alexander MacCormick on the yacht Ada

          Inscribed ms: 'On board his yacht Ada prior to sailing it from England to Australia in 1927. Aged 73'

        • Photograph (item) - Sir Douglas Miller in India
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          Photograph (item) - Sir Douglas Miller in India

        • Photograph (item) - Harold Dew outside Wadi Ben ADS, Palestine
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          Photograph (item) - Harold Dew outside Wadi Ben ADS, Palestine

        • Photograph (item) - BK Rank scrubs up at the  Heidelberg Military Hospital
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          Photograph (item) - BK Rank scrubs up at the Heidelberg Military Hospital

          Benjamin Rank was considered by many to be the father of plastic surgery in Australia. He was born on 14 January 1911 in Heidelberg, Victoria, where his father, Wreghitt Rank, owned a grain store and mill. His mother was Bessie née Smith. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and Ormond College, University of Melbourne, graduating with many honours and prizes. He did a two-year residency in the Royal Melbourne Hospital before going to London to specialise in surgery. There he did junior posts at St James' Hospital, Balham, but soon became fascinated by the new specialty of plastic surgery and was appointed assistant plastic surgeon at Hill End (Bart's EMS unit). Joining the Royal Australasian Army Medical Corps in 1940, he commanded their plastic surgical unit in Egypt. In 1942, he returned to Australia to set up a plastic and maxillofacial unit at Heidelberg Military Hospital. Among the patients treated there was one Flight Lieutenant John Gorton, who went on to become Prime Minister of Australia. In 1946 he was the first honorary plastic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He spent much time overseas and was instrumental in setting up the specialty of plastic surgery in India, for which he set up 'Interplast' - a charity supported by the Rotary Clubs to offer training and expertise to Asian and Pacific nations. He was the Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor of the College in 1958, Moynihan lecturer in 1972, President of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons in 1965 and President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 1966 to 1968. He made important contributions to the study of Marjolin's ulcer, radiation carcinoma, and the transition from benign to malignant melanoma. He also made a major contribution to hand surgery, and his textbook Surgery of repair as applied to hand injuries (Livingstone, 1953) ran to four editions. He wrote extensively, including an autobiography, and was a talented painter. He was a tireless campaigner for no-fault motor accident insurance and was President of the St John Ambulance Association. He married Barbara Lyle Facy in 1938. They had one son Andrew, and three daughters, Helen, Julie and Mary (one of whom became a nurse). He died on 26 January 2002. Reference; https:livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk

          surgeon, sir benjamin rank, heidelberg military hospital, plastic surgery, royal melbourne hospital

        • Letter (item) - Letter from Mrs Sarah Parrish to Dr WH Brown, surgeon of Colac
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          Letter (item) - Letter from Mrs Sarah Parrish to Dr WH Brown, surgeon of Colac

        • Functional object - Writing desk, Mervyn Smith, 1985
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          Functional object - Writing desk, Mervyn Smith, 1985

          Mervyn Smith CBE was RACS President 1983-85

          Antique rosewood brass covered box with brass inserted handles, tooled leather insert top

          BRASS PLAQUE ON LID: "PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BY MERVYN SMITH, CHAIRMAN, COURT OF EXAMINERS 1975-1983

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