College Roll
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Harry Lawrence Stokes first joined the staff of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne in 1936 as honorary physician to outpatients. He remained on the active staff until 1961 and continued his association thereafter as an honorary consultant physician until his death in 1971. He also had an appointment as consultant physician for diseases of children at the Alfred Hospital.
In 1940 he became honorary physician to the special rheumatic clinic at the Children's Hospital to investigate with Professor Rubbo and Dr Margaret Holmes of the University of Melbourne the prophylaxis and control of rheumatic fever, initially with sulphonamides...