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Gibson, John Lockhart (1860 - 1944) |
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| Ophthalmologist | |
| Born: 17 July 1860 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Died: 30 September 1944 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | |
| John Lockhart Gibson completed his medical degree in Edinburgh then studied in Vienna, Berlin and London. He returned to Australia in 1886c and started up in general practice. Then in 1895 he was appointed ophthalmologist at Brisbane's Hospital for Sick Children. In 1892 Gibson and his colleagues attributed childhood anemia to hookworm and in 1904 he discovered that house paint was causing lead-poisoning in children. He led the campaign which saw lead paint banned from houses under the 1922 Health Act. Gibson joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and was sent to Limnos to take charge of the ophthalmology section of the 3rd Australian General Hospital. Because his work was so successful, casualties from other regions, including Gallipoli, were sent there. John Gibson was involved in many professional organizations including the Queensland Medical Society, the British Medical Association (both the Queensland and federal branches), the College of Surgeons of Australasia and the Ophthalmological Society of Australia. |
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