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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000171b.htm person Thomson William FLS AACR2 1819 22 May 1883 Place of Birth Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Place of Death Victoria, Australia Epidemiologist Physician William Thomson won international repute as an epidemiologist through his many publications between 1870 and 1883, chiefly on typhoid fever and tuberculosis in Australia. He was a strong advocate of the contagionist doctrine, backing up his work with statistical studies of local epidemics, and patterns of morbidity. Among his recommendations were notification and quarantine of the sick, and disinfection. He was also interested in cattle diseases, including pleuro-pneumonia and foot and mouth disease. Thomson came to Victoria in 1852 and established a private medical practice in South Yarra. He became involved in the Medical Society of Victoria as a member of council and for a few years Editor of the Society's journal, the Australian medical journal. He ceased to be involved with the Society from the 1860s. Quick to detect criticism, Thomson engaged in disputes relating to the theory of evolution and the influence of the local climate on pulmonary disease, which probably held back his career. Appointments to a lectureship at the University of Melbourne medical faculty and to the Melbourne Hospital were not successful. 1843 1843 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS) 1855 1855 Career event - Admitted to the medical register in Victoria 1856 1864 Career position - Committee member, Medical Society of Victoria 1859 1861 Career position - Editor, Australian medical journal 1871 1883 Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London 1871 1883 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS)

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 'Thomson, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomson, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Thomson, William (1819-1883), medical practitioner and epidemiologist Gandevia, Bryan Thomson, William (1819-1883), medical practitioner and epidemiologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 270-272 Book: The germ theory of phthisis verified and illustrated by the increase of phthisis in Victoria Thomson, William The germ theory of phthisis verified and illustrated by the increase of phthisis in Victoria Melbourne Sands & McDougall 1882 Book: On phthisis and the supposed influence of climate: being an analysis of statistics of consumption in this part of Australia with remarks on the cause of the increase of that disease in Melbourne Thomson, William On phthisis and the supposed influence of climate: being an analysis of statistics of consumption in this part of Australia with remarks on the cause of the increase of that disease in Melbourne Melbourne Stillwell & Knight 1879 Book: The histochemistry and pathogeny of the tubercule Thomson, William The histochemistry and pathogeny of the tubercule Melbourne Stillwell & Knight 1876 Journal Article: Disputes About the Typhoid Fever in Victoria in the 1870s Smith, F. B. Disputes About the Typhoid Fever in Victoria in the 1870s 2002 Health and History 4 2 1-18 Journal Article: William Thomson and the history of the contagionist doctrine in Melbourne Gandevia, B. William Thomson and the history of the contagionist doctrine in Melbourne 1953 Medical journal of Australia 21 March 398-404 Book: A bibliography of William Thomson, F.R.C.S.E., F.L.S. Ford, Edward A bibliography of William Thomson, F.R.C.S.E., F.L.S. Sydney School of Public Health and tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1954 Journal Article: Tubercular landscape: landscape change and Mycobacterium in Melbourne, Australia, 1837 - 1900 Webster, Emily Tubercular landscape: landscape change and <span style="font-style:italic">Mycobacterium</span> in Melbourne, Australia, 1837 - 1900 2020 Journal of historical geography 67 48-60 Journal Article: R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia Davies, Susan R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia 1984 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 1 59-69 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 William Thomson - Records Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch) William Thomson - Records 1864 - 1883 9 items mostly dealing with his professional career including publications, photographs, testimonials, biographical notes and obituaries 1864-83. 9 items Photographs