Person
Sinclair, Eric (1860 - 1925)
- Born
- 14 February 1860
West Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Died
- 19 May 1925
Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Psychiatrist
Summary
Eric Sinclair became the New South Wales Inspector-General for the Insane in 1898 and helped bring the struggling industry out of its crisis. He successfully lobbied for increased government funding, oversaw the establishment of many new hospitals and facilities, helped legitimize psychiatry as a true medical science and set up the state's first pathological laboratory for testing patients for specific mental illnesses. During World War I Sinclair was charged with the psychiatric treatment of returning soldiers and in 1918 was appointed Principal Medical Officer with the Australian army medical Corps.
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Chronology
- 1881
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Glasgow, Scotland
- 1881 - 1882
- Career position - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) and obtained an appointment as Medical Officer at the Quarantine Station in North Head
- 1882
- Career position - Medical Officer at the Hospital for the Insane in Gladesville
- 1883 - c. 1898
- Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Hospital for the Insane in Gladesville
- c. 1885 - c. 1886
- Career position - Returned to Glasgow for further studies
- 1886
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Glasgow
- 1898 -
- Career position - Inspector-General of the Insane in New South Wales
- 1915
- Career position - Authorised the admission of voluntary patients to State mental hospitals
- 1915 - 1918
- Career position - Appointed supervisor of psychiatric treatment of returned soldiers at No.13 Australian Military Hospital for the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1918 -
- Career position - Principal Medical Officer of the 2nd Military District with the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1919
- Career position - Established a pathological laboratory to test mental patients for medical pathologies
- 1922
- Career position - Opened Broughton Hall military hospital for voluntary patients
Published resources
Book Sections
- Garton, Stephen, 'Sinclair, Erin (1860-1925) Psychiatrist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 614-615. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110630b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537411. Details
- 'Sinclair, Eric (1860-1925)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467935. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 February 2011
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