Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall
Subtitle: colonial medical scientist and moral activist ; includes the text of his 1833 shipboard diary
By: Carey Denholm and Stefan Petrow
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781925333633
Subjects: Physicians; Social Change; Colonialism; Biography; Social reformers
Other titles: Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall :
Description: "Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall was a thorn in the side of the Establishment of Van Diemens Land. For nearly 50 years after his arrival in 1833 he clashed with doctors, administrators, politicians & the clergy. As a doctor he protected the inmates of the convict system, the Cascades Female Factory & Queens Orphan Asylum from oppression & mistreatment"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.