by curator | Nov 16, 2017 | Cataloguing, Collections, Research |
Susanne Ciavatta is currently undertaking her Masters in Museum Studies at Deakin University. Susie has been volunteering with the Geoffrey Kaye Museum since November 2016, and has been working on identifying, cataloguing and meeting the storage needs of the ANZCA...
by Monica Cronin, Curator | Feb 3, 2017 | About the museum, Cataloguing, Collections, Conferences, Exhibitions, Research |
2017 marks 25 years since the establishment of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA). So, as part of ANZCA, we’ll be celebrating 25 years too. But, whether it’s related to 25 years or not, there’s plenty going on this year and you...
by Dr Christine Ball, Honorary Curator | Dec 20, 2016 | About the museum, Cataloguing, Collections, Exhibitions, Research |
Thirty years ago I made a trip to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Spring Street, Melbourne with Dr Rod Westhorpe. At the time I was an anaesthetic registrar at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, approaching my final exams and the end of my...
by Monica Cronin, Curator | Dec 13, 2016 | About the museum, Cataloguing |
The Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History seems an unlikely place to find a bottle of acriflavine. It is a topical antiseptic, made from coal tar, discovered in 1912 by the German scientist Paul Ehrlich. It was used to treat everything from minor burns and...
by curator | Nov 8, 2016 | About the museum, Cataloguing, Research |
Caroline Deighton is a student with Deakin University’s Museum Studies program and a Museum Accreditation Program manager with Museums Australia (Victoria). Caroline has undertaken a cataloguing project to provide adequate information and background to existing...
by curator | Sep 12, 2016 | Cataloguing, Internships, Research |
Ari Hunter is a student with Deakin University’s Master of Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies program. Ari undertook an internship at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History during September and October 2015. One of the tasks during my internship with the...
