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Lung function

This slide is another used in the educational training series for Berlei fitters. It compares the tight-laced corsets of the early 1900s with the modern foundation garments of the 1930s.

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Delicate internal organs

Medical images like this one offer an explanation of the benefits of wearing corsets.

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Dr Wright - lead poisoning

Dr Wright, resident medic on The Mike Walsh Show, talks about a lot of serious topics - always with a dose of good humour.

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Australian Biography: Don Metcalf

Professor Donald Metcalf (1929–2014) was internationally renowned for his pioneering medical research on the control of blood cell formation.

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Snakes and Ladders: Expectations

Four women, born in the first half of the 20th century, talk about the expectations they had, as girls, for their own educations.

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Snakes and Ladders: Medicine

Sophia Whist (Robin Laurie) opens the pages of her evidence book and imparts the story of women’s historical exclusion from medical practice.

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Cochlear Implant Testing

First audio tests to show use of cochlear implant in daily life (1979)
Footage supplied courtesy of Professor Graeme Clark and The University of Melbourne. 

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Graeme Clark

The NFSA congratulates Laureate Emeritus Professor Graeme Clark AC on his receipt of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.