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MOLESWORTH, Edmund Harold

Born Sydney 9 December 1881; died Sydney 16 October 1950. Education, Sydney University (M.B., Ch.M. 1906, M.D. 1927, Dip. Radiol. 1942) and Lister Institute, London, and Pasteur Institute, Paris (1908-10). Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1911-27; honorary dermatologist 1927-50. Lecturer in medicine, Sydney University 1913-44.
  1. The scope and dosage of x-ray therapy. Australian Medical Congress. Transactions, 2 (Sydney, 1911), 1248-1265.
  2. X-ray therapy, with special reference to treatment of cancer. Medical Journal of Australia, (July 1922), 1-11.
  3. Lectures on deep x-ray therapy. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 1 (1929), 52-69.
  4. Lectures on deep x-ray therapy. Value of deep x-ray treatment. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 1 (1929), 86-99.
  5. Notes (a) on the maximum tolerated dose of x-rays; and (b) on Holfelder's re-saturation technique. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 3 (1931), 192-194.
  6. (With A.R. Riddle) The effect of the angle of incidence upon the dose of x-rays absorbed by the skin. British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis, 47 (1935), 152-160.
  7. X-rays: The effect of the angle of incidence. British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis, 47 (1935), 405-406.
  8. A reply to Dr J. Kinnear's comments. British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis, 47 (1935), 408-410.
  9. (With H.L. Brose) Photographic method of comparing the intensities of x rays. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 10 (1937), 55-59.
  10. (With H.L. Brose) The comparison of x-ray intensities by means of time measurements. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 10 (1937), 427-429.
  11. (With H.L. Brose) The absorption of x rays by the skin. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 10 (1937), 567-570.
  12. (With H.L. Brose) A new technique for epilation of the scalp (to provide more even distribution of dose than that obtainable in the Adamson-Kienböck technique). British Journal of Dermatology and Syphilis, 50 (1938), 435-440.
  13. An introduction to dermatology, with a chapter on the theory and technique of x-ray and radium therapy. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1937. xviii + 520p. (2nd edition 1944).
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