South Australia - Health
- Cancer
- Consumption
- Dentistry
- Diphtheria
- Euthanasia
- Fevers
- Influenza and Colds
- Typhoid
- Miscellany
- General Health Matters
- Food Adulteration
- Infant Paralysis
- Miscellany
- Mortality
- Public Health
- Quarantine
- Smallpox and Vaccination
- Social Diseases
- Vegetarianism
- Insanity
- Infant Mortality
- Medical Professions
- Anaesthesia
- Flying Doctors
- Lodges and the Medical Profession
- Miscellany
- "Quackery"
General Health Matters
Miscellany
"The Climate of SA - By an Invalid in Search of Health" is in the Register,13 August 1842, page 3a.
"The Prevailing Sickness" on
9 December 1846, page 3c.
A cure for dysentery is in the Observer,
26 August 1843, page 7b.
The after effects of eating a grass seed called "Drake" are discussed in the Observer,
23 March 1844, page 8c.
The manufacture of castor oil is reported in the Observer,
27 April 1844, page 5a,
4 May 1844, page 5a; also see
14 December 1844, page 4c.
"Newspaper Recipes [medical, etc]" is in the Observer,
23 December 1843, page 6a,
4 May 1844, page 3.
Claimed cures following treatment by Holloway's pills and ointment are in the Observer,
25 March 1848, page 3a,
20 April 1850, page 1c.
The Adelaide Times of 9 December 1852, page 3b has a report on "Leeches":
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The present extraordinary prevalence of sickness in Adelaide has almost entirely cleaned out the druggists of leeches. It is usual for the dispensers of "doctors' stuff" to lay in a stock of these exceedingly useful animals at this time of the year, but the recent floods of the Murray... has operated to prevent the customary provision being made.
13 November 1869, page 12d.
"Strychnine" is reported upon in the Register,
2 October 1856, page 2d.
"The Preservation of Public Health" is in the Observer,
19 April 1856, page 6c.
"City Druggists of the Past" is in the Register,
2 April 1925, page 9d.
"Medical Necessities of the Poor" is discussed in the Register,
16 May 1857, page 2d.
"Sanitary Precautions" is in the Observer,
14 November 1857, page 1c (supp.).
"Medical Aid to Country Districts" is in the Register,
2 July 1858, page 2g.
"Sunstroke" is discussed in the Observer,
12 and 19 February 1859, pages 5e and 2g (supp.),
Register,
24 and 26 January 1860, pages 2h and 3b and
the efficacy of ladies' bonnets on
18 December 1860, page 3b; also see
Observer,
20 and 27 January 1872, pages 6b and 3e.
"Health of Towns" is in the Observer,
10 May 1862, page 1d (supp.),
"The Public Health" on
5 March 1864, page 6c.
"Epidemics" is discussed in the Register,
7 January 1864, page 2e,
"Country Hospitals"is in the Advertiser,
26 May 1866, page 3a.
"Country Hospitals" is in the Chronicle,
26 May 1866, page 1e (supp.),
Register,
13 June 1919, pages 6c-7a.
"Country Hospitals and Midwives" in the Register
21 August 1923, page 8e,
Also see Adelaide - Hospitals.
A remedy for scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, etc, is in the Observer,
5 March 1864, page 4g.
"Patent Earth Closets" is in the Observer,
28 April 1866, page 4c (supp.),
"The Dry Earth System" on
13 April 1872, page 3c.
"The Interchange of Disease Between Man and Animals" is in the Register,
21 July 1866, page 2d.
"Climate and Dress" in the Register,
14 February 1867, page 2d,
"Dipsomania" in the Advertiser,
1 June 1869, page 2d.
A cure for burns and scalds is in the Register,
10 May 1869, page 3b.
"The Public Health" is in the Observer,
24 June 1871, page 2f,
9 December 1871, page 13d.
"Alcohol as Medicine" is in the Observer,
22 June 1872, page 13f.
"Health and Architecture" is in the Observer,
24 May 1873, page 4f,
"The Public Health Bill" on
6 and 20 September 1873, pages 13e and 13e,
11 October 1873, page 2f,
Register, 1, 8 and 16 September 1873, pages 4e, 4e and 4e,
11 October 1873, page 4f,
17 and 30 December 1873, pages 4c and 4e,
5 February 1874, page 4f,
2 March 1874, page 4e,
18 December 1874, page 5b,
5 May 1875, page 4e.
"The Public Health Act" is in the Observer,
3 January 1874, page 13c,
7 March 1874, page 13a; also see
26 December 1874, page 13d,
13 February 1875, page 13e,
"Defects in the Public Health Act" on
8 May 1875, page 13e.
A treatment for "lock-jaw" is in the Observer,
5 September 1874, page 8a.
"Rules for Health" is in the Advertiser,
31 December 1875, page 6a,
"Violation of Sanitary Laws" in the Observer,
1 January 1876, page 4e.
A discussion on the city coroner is reported in the Express,
9 September 1875, page 3b.
"Nurses for the Sick Poor" is in the Observer,
8 April 1876, page 13f.
Also see South Australia - Women - Nursing and Female Doctors.
"Cottage Hospitals" is in the Register,
31 May 1876, pages 4f-5d.
"Sanitary Science in Relation to Communicable Diseases" is in the Chronicle,
29 December 1877, page 4b.
"Healthy Households" is in the Advertiser,
22, 25 and 26 June 1878, pages 6a, 4e-6e, 4f.
The Register of 21 November 1878 at page 5f says:
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There is a plant growing [in] the ninety-mile desert between Wellington and Narracoorte [sic] which is well known to travellers and bushmen as "sarsaparilla" and is valued by them as a purifier of the blood...
20 March 1880, page 484d.
"Neglecting Rules of Health" is in the Observer,
12 June 1880, page 964d.
"How to Deal With Accidents" is in the Observer,
26 June 1880, page 1059d.
The trial of an audiphone is reported in the Observer,
3 July 1880, page 34b.
"The Measles in Adelaide" is in the Register,
12 November 1880, page 5a,
"Measles - Good News for Mothers" on
26 July 1920, page 5f,
"Measles - Problem of Control" is in the Advertiser,
30 May 1925, page 18d.
A measle epidemic is reported in the Register,
7 June 1902, page 7e,
25 and 27 June 1925, pages 10a and 9h,
Observer,
4 July 1925, page 49a.
"Measles - Problem of Control" is in the Advertiser,
30 May 1925, page 18d.
A lecture on midwifery is reproduced in the Observer,
7 May 1881, page 820e.
"The Public Health" is in the Register,
5 August 1881, pages 4f-6c,
16 December 1886, page 4g.
"Sunstroke and Bushfires" is in the Observer,
28 January 1882, page 20d.
A proposal to form the St John's Ambulance Association in South Australia is reported in the Observer,
20 December 1884, page 36a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
27 November 1930, page 33,
An ambulance competition is reported in the Observer,
2 November 1912, page 49d.
Also see Adelaide - St John's Ambulance.
"The Pharmacy Act" is in the Register,
1, 2 and 9 June 1885, pages 7b, 6f and 7c,
20 August 1885, page 5a,
24 February 1891, page 5a,
16, 17 and 18 August 1891, pages 4g, 4f and 6h.
A photograph of members of the Pharmacy Board is in The Critic,
28 January 1899, page 5,
31 July 1912, page 4,
of a pharmacy class on
14 August 1907, page 9.
"Drumine", a "new local anaesthetic" manufactured from a native plant, Euphorbia drummondii, is reported upon in the Observer,
5 March 1887, page 36d.
"What is Bright's Disease?" is in the Advertiser,
14 May 1887, page 7b.
"The Spread of Infection" is in the Register,
1 July 1887, page 4g.
In respect of the colony in general the Register of 8 July 1887 at page 4f comments on the fact that:
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Filthy piggeries, dirty slaughtering yards and butchers' premises, offensive heaps of house rubbish and soaking cesspits in porous ground quite close to wells used for drinking purposes were far too numerous...
29 January 1848, page 4d,
"Snake Bites" on
29 May 1858, page 1d (supp.),
28 March 1892, page 4c;
also see 14 February 1896, page 4g,
8 October 1897, page 4i.
"The Drainage of Adelaide and Its Influence on the Death Rate of the Colony" is in the Register,
7 December 1887, page 7c.
"Diseased Animals and the Public Health" is in the Register,
19 June 1888, page 4f.
"Drugs and Poisons" is in the Register,
8 November 1888, page 4f.
"Model Sanitary By-Laws" is in the Register,
16 November 1888, page 4h.
"The Health of the Colony" is in the Register,
10 August 1889, page 4g.
"Australian Dress and Diet" is in the Observer,
23 August 1890, page 34b.
"Diseased Animals and the Public Health" is in the Register,
18 February 1890, page 4g.
"Hypnotism - A Crucial Experiment" is in the Chronicle,
18 October 1890, page 9d,
"Hypnotism and Health" is in the Register,
4 March 1922, page 6d.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Hypnotism.
"The Prevention of Disease" is in the Register,
20 July 1891, page 4d.
"The Public Health" is in the Register,
27 July 1891, page 4e,
3 September 1891, page 4f.
"The Opium Trade" is in the Chronicle,
17 October 1891, page 8a,
"The Opium Bill" in the Register,
7 November 1895, page 4g,
22 July 1896, page 4g,
"The Opium Question" in the Advertiser,
15 August 1905, page 4c,
"Opium Smuggling" in the Chronicle,
29 February 1908, page 44a,
"The Drug Evil" in the Advertiser,
22 February 1924, page 12f,
4 November 1924, page 12e,
"The Illicit Drug Traffic" on
13 July 1929, page 12i,
"Free From Dope Fiends" in The News,
8 March 1924, page 6e.
"The Prevention of Disease" is in the Observer,
25 July 1891, page 25b.
"The Public Health" is in the Register,
29 September 1892, page 4e.
"Healing by Electricity" is in the Express,
14 and 15 October 1892, pages 3g and 6g.
"The Medicinal Springs of SA" is in the Register,
13 February 1893, page 5a.
Also see Place Names - Paralana.
"A Red Cross Fair" is in the Express,
16 October 1893, page 4b,
"The Red Cross" in the Register,
20 November 1913, page 6d.
"Is the Public Health in Danger?" is in the Register,
27 and 28 March 1894, pages 4e and 7d.
"Animal Foods and the Public Health" is in the Register,
2 April 1894, page 6h,
"Milk, Meat, Bread and Disease" on
13 November 1894, page 4f.
"The Treatment of Weak-Minded Children" is discussed in the Advertiser,
24 March 1894, page 7c,
"Nursing the Sick Poor" on
10 September 1894, page 4e.
"Leprosy, Doctors and Doubts" is in the Register,
2 and 7 June 1894, pages 4f and 7e.
"Leprosy" is in the Advertiser,
25 May 1898, page 4d; also see
2 and 3 June 1898, pages 4h and 7b.
"South Australians Physique and Mortality" is in the Observer,
8 December 1894, page 33b.
"Selling Noxious Drugs" is in the Express,
23 February 1895, page 4c.
"Hospital Management" is in the Advertiser,
4 September 1895, page 4f.
"Rontgen Photography" is in the Observer,
6 June 1896, page 3 (supp.),
"The Rontgen Rays in Medical Work" in the Express,
12 May 1898, page 3f.
"Diseases of the Nose and Throat" is in the Advertiser,
10 July 1896, page 6c.
"Fruit as a Food and Medicine" is in the Advertiser,
8 June 1897, page 4e.
"The People's Health" is in the Register,
14, 19 and 21 January 1898, pages 6c, 6d and 6a,
Observer,
22 January 1898, page 15a.
"A Sanitary Awakening" is in the Register,
25 June 1898, page 6g.
"A Bacilli Ridden World" is in the Advertiser,
26 April 1898, page 4g,
"Leprosy" on
25 May 1898, page 4d; also see
2 and 3 June 1898, pages 4h and 7b.
"Japanese Disease - Beri-Beri in Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
30 August 1898, page 5g,
"Bacteria" on
8 October 1898, page 8e.
"Physical Culture" is in the Advertiser,
5 November 1898, page 4f.
"Cleanliness and Health" is in the Register,
31 May 1899, page 4d.
"Local Bodies and Infectious Diseases" is in the Register,
1 September 1899, pages 4e-6g.
"Mosquitoes and Disease" is in the Observer,
7 October 1899, page 41c.
Also see South Australia - Health - Mosquitoes and Other Pests.
A bubonic plague scare is reported in the Register,
15, 16, 19, 20 and 25 January 1900, pages 4i, 4f-6c, 4d, 11c and 4f,
20 February 1900, page 4f; also see
13 March 1901, page 4c and
4 April 1901, page 3e.
Cartoons are in The Critic,
3 and 10 February 1900, pages 16 and 5,
2 June 1900, page 14.
"The Treatment of Plague" is in the Advertiser,
26 April 1900, page 4e,
23 May 1900, page 4d,
"Keeping the Plague Out" in the Register,
9 and 20 December 1921, pages 7c and 6d-h.
"Dirt, Dust and Disease" is in the Register,
10, 11 and 12 October 1900, pages 4e, 8e and 6a,
3 November 1900, page 8e and
"Microbes and Children" on
10 November 1900, page 4d,
Observer,
17 November 1900, page 25a.
"A New Disease [trichiniasis] - An Important Discovery" is in the Advertiser,
7 February 1902, page 8b.
Information on the Pharmaceutical Society of SA is in the Register,
27 May 1902, page 6i.
Comments on the Pharmacy Act are in the Advertiser,
14, 16 and 19 June 1926, pages 13g, 17h and 14d,
5 July 1926, page 13f,
"Effective Regulation of Chemists" in The News,
13 and 26 July 1927, pages 8c and 13f.
"Ocular Deception - Color Blindness and Its Dangers" is discussed in the Advertiser,
16 August 1902, page 9h,
"Man v Microbe" on
12 December 1902, page 4c.
"About Poisoning - What to do in an Emergency" is in the Advertiser,
25 December 1902, page 6e.
"Disease and Its Cure" is in the Advertiser,
2 April 1904, page 6d,
"Infectious Diseases - Lack of Hospital Accommodation" on
12 April 1904, page 6c.
"Appendicitis - Its Cause and Cure" is in the Advertiser,
9 December 1904, page 8i.
Proper medical inspection of school children is discussed in the Register,
13 June 1905, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Education - Health and Allied Matters.
"Healthy SA - Death Rate and Statistics" is in the Register,
10 July 1906, page 5c.
"Milk and Babies" is in the Register on
17 March 1906, page 6d,
"Health and Recreation" on
22 October 1906, page 4c.
"Wonders of Medicine and " is in the Register,
29 March 1907, page 7a.
"Ptomaine Poisoning - The Every-Day Disease" is in the Advertiser,
5 January 1908, page 10e.
"A Radical Medical Bill" is in the Register,
16 and 24 December 1908, pages 6e and 9g.
"Insurance Against Illness" is in the Advertiser,
31 May 1909, page 8g.
"Fletcherism - A Feeding System - Young at Sixty" is in the Advertiser,
22 January 1910, page 14e.
"Operators' Cramp" afflicting telegraph workers is defined in the Advertiser,
16 May 1910, page 8f as:
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A stiffening or paralysis of the nerves and muscles of the wrist... In 10 years from 35 to 40 men out of a staff of about 120 men were affected.
"The Male Nurse's Future" is in the Register,
13 February 1911, page 6f.
"First Aid to the Injured" is in the Register,
1 April 1911, page 14f,
"Health Legislation" on
18 May 1911, pages 4d-5a.
"The Unwisdom of Washing" is in the Register,
3 June 1911, page 12d,
"Health Administration" on
14 June 1911, page 6d,
"Medicine and Surgery" on
25 September 1911, page 6c.
"Heat and Health" is in the Register on
13 January 1912, page 12e,
"Milk, Microbes and Kisses" on
24 June 1912, page 6c.
"The Deadly Microbe" is in the Register,
22 March 1913, page 12d.
"The Feeble Minded" is in the Register,
26 March 1913, pages 6d-8b,
"A Social Pestilence" on
15, 16, 18 and 20 September 1913, pages 12d, 9d, 5g and 6e.
"The Right to Die" is in the Register,
8 November 1913, page 14c.
A series of articles on "Domestic Remedies - Nature Cure and Home Treatment" commences in The Mail on 3 January 1914, page 3c.
"Spiritual Healing" is in the Register, 20 June 1914, page 14c.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - Spiritualism.
"Certain Social Evils" is discussed in the Register,
15, 16 and 22 February 1915, pages 6b, 6c-7c and 7h,
23 June 1915, page 6f.
"Combating Meningitis" is in the Register,
16 August 1915, page 4b,
1 September 1915, page 9c,
"Heat and Health" on
18 February 1916, page 5c,
"Health in Middle Age" on
26 and 27 June 1916, pages 4c and 6d.
"Popular Medicines and Trade Secrets" is in the Register,
19 September 1916, page 4b.
"Sense in Summer - Clothes and Diet" is in the Register,
19 January 1917, page 5b,
"Regulation of Midwives" on
4 March 1918, page 5b.
"A New Vision of Healing" is in the Register,
17 July 1919, page 6c.
"Whooping Cough" is in the Advertiser,
3 December 1920, page 6f.
"Epidemics and Population" is in the Register,
9 June 1921, page 7b,
"Healing by Faith" on
15 November 1921, page 6e,
"The Conquest of Disease" on
1 December 1921, page 6e.
"Country Medical Attendance" is in the Register,
4 May 1922, page 6c,
Observer,
6 May 1922, page 27d.
"Helping the Mothers" is in the Register,
3 June 1922, page 4e.
"The Modern Herbalist" is in the Register,
16 October 1922, page 9g,
Observer,
21 October 1922, page 15e.
"Nature and Health" is in the Register on
25 November 1922, page 8c,
"Drugs in Australia" on
18 and 19 May 1923, pages 8c and 10h,
20 June 1923, page 8d.
The habit of youths crying out "beaver" to men with beards and the alleged unhealthiness of these hirsute growths is the subject of debate in the Advertiser:
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To uphold the wearing of long, flowing beards is ridiculous... it is detrimental to the health to allow our beards to grow into such germ-carriers, and in addition it is characteristic of laziness. Besides tickling the ladies they are a harbor for germs. If the wearer has soup in a public restaurant you can usually hear him three or four streets away.
(Advertiser,
14 December 1922, page 13b; also see
25 December 1922, page 6h.)
19 January 1923, page 14b,
"Insulin - New Diabetes Treatment" in the Register,
26 July 1923, page 10b,
5 September 1923, pages 8d-10g; also see
The News,
25 July 1923, page 6e,
17 November 1927, page 15e.
"Drink More Milk" is in the Register,
17 August 1923, page 12e,
"Pure Milk and Public Health" on
14 March 1924, page 8d.
Also see Adelaide - Milk Supply.
"Man and the Monkey Gland"is in the Register,
31 October 1923, page 8c.
"Forestalling Disease" is in the Register,
3 December 1923, page 8f,
"The Problem of Drug Addiction" on
10 January 1924, page 6d,
"Midwives and Training" is in the Register,
13 May 1924, page 9c,
"The Last of Midwives"on 4 June 1925, page 8d.
"Patent Medicine and Their Formulae" on
9 June 1924, page 8c.
"Hospitals and the Public" is in the Register,
11 September 1924, page 12c.
"Wayward and Defective Children" is in the Register,
30 October 1924, pages 8b-12e.
"Behind the Times - South Australia's Hospitals" is in The Mail,
14 November 1925, page 4e.
"Necessity or Fad? - Removal of Tonsils" is in The Mail,
5 December 1925, page 2e.
"Taking Out Tonsils" is in The Mail,
8 September 1928, page 3e.
"White Mice and Guinea Pigs - Help Adelaide Scientists Fight Disease" is in The Mail,
23 January 1926, page 1f.
"Wood Dust - Effect Upon Workers" is in the Advertiser,
10 March 1926, page 14c,
"Public Health Needs" on
26 April 1926, page 8f.
"Health and Disease" is in the Register,
22 July 1926, page 8d.
Comments on the Pharmacy Act are in the Advertiser,
14, 16 and 19 June 1926, pages 13g, 17h and 14d,
5 July 1926, page 13f,
"Effective Regulation of Chemists" in The News,
13 and 26 July 1927, pages 8c and 13f.
"Our Public Health Problem" is in the Register,
22 December 1925, page 8c.
"Prevention and Cure" is in the Advertiser,
29 July 1927, page 12i,
"First Aid in the Home" on
27 September 1927, page 12f.
"New Summer Drink - Orange Juice for Health" is in The Mail,
20 August 1927, page 1f.
"Red Cross Activities" is in The Mail,
24 March 1928, page 4f.
"Mortality of Mothers" is in The News,
3 May 1928, page 9e.
"Domestic Medicines - How to Administer Them" is in The Mail,
19 May 1928, page 20e,
"Child Feeding - Useful Puddings" on
7 July 1928, page 20c.
"Baby's Dummy - Menace or Comfort" is discussed in the Register,
15 August 1928, page 9e,
Observer,
18 August 1928, page 32d.
"Pharmacy Interesting Career for Women" is in the Register,
15 January 1929, page 4d.
"Cures Inspired by Superstition" is in The Mail,
19 October 1929, page 29a.
"Public Health - Poorly Guarded" is in The Mail,
4 January 1930, page 1a.
"Mahomet Allum - A Genius in Our Midst" is in the Advertiser,
2 April 1931, page 22f,
"The Sacrifices of Mahomet Allum" in The Mail,
20 and 27 August 1932, pages 16a and 4h; also see
3 September 1932, page 4h,
24 March 1934, page 14f,
24 November 1934, page 8a.
"Epidemic of Mumps" is in The News,
21 April 1932, page 7c.
"Health Week" is in The News,
11 May 1933, page 8e.
"Solving Problems of the Sick" is in the Advertiser,
18 March 1933, page 14g,
"Abuse of Public Hospitals" on
12 and 13 April 1933, pages 18h and 18f.
A cure for catarrh is presented in the Advertiser,
26 January 1934, page 20i.
Information on a Baby Health Train is in The News,
26 February 1932, page 10e,
The Mail,
7 July 1934, page 2.
Also see South Australia - Health - Infant Mortality.
"Preventing Tetanus" is in the Advertiser,
12 December 1934, page 20h.
A "Bush Cure for Sunburn" is prescribed in the Advertiser,
14 July 1936, page 21b and
"The Rheumatics" discussed on
2 November 1936, page 18d.
"Birth Control Clinic Plan Opposed" is in The News,
29 July 1937, page 6g.
