What’s on for 2017?
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...
What is an honorary curator? A personal reflection
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...
Acriflavine: Why is it in an anaesthetic museum?
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...
What’s in the case? Cataloguing a shelf of doctors’ kits at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum
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...