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Nelson, William Thomas
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Qualifications
MB ChM Syd (1918) MRCP (1923) MD Syd (1926) FRACP (1938) (Foundation)
Born
26/11/1894
Died
28/10/1954
William Thomas Nelson was born in South Australia, spent his boyhood years in New Zealand and studied medicine at the University of Sydney where he graduated in 1918. He was appointed a resident at Sydney Hospital and later married a fellow resident, Edna Lillian Smith who graduated in 1920. They had four sons.
Tom Nelson showed an early interest in industrial medicine and served on the Silicosis Investigation Committee at Broken Hill before conducting a general practice in Sydney. He then decided to specialise in industrial medicine, gained the MRCP in London and, on his return, joined the Commonwealth Department of Health. His postings included the goldmining town of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia - where he wrote his MD thesis - the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Melbourne and the Department of Munitions, also in Melbourne.
His interests included silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis in miners, punctate basophilia in lead workers and the toxic effects of TNT in munitions workers. In 1935 he resigned from the public service to become a consultant in industrial diseases with a private practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney, where he was much in demand as an industrial medical expert and much liked by those with whom he came in contact. He served on many industrial boards and held an appointment as honorary physician on Royal South Sydney Hospital. He was made a foundation Fellow of the College in 1938. His death came at the early age of fifty-nine.
Author
GL McDONALD
References
Med J Aust
, 1955,
1
, 55-6
Last Updated
May 30, 2018, 17:35 PM
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