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Walker, Allan Seymour (1887 - 1958) |
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| Physician and Medical historian | |
| Born: 19 June 1887 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 8 January 1958 Sydney, New South Wales. | |
| Allan Seymour Walker was a physician with a particular interest in pathology and neurology. He served in a medical capacity in World War I and II and edited the medical series of Australia's involvement in World War II from 1945 -1956. When the Association of Physicians of Australasia became the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938, he was honorary secretary and helped to set up an administrative system which formed a model for other professional associations. Walker worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in New South Wales for nearly forty years. Some of his many other medical posts include a consultant physician to St George in Canterbury, to the Western Suburbs and Parramatta district hospitals and physician and director of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives. |
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