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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001118b.htm person Harris Lawrence Herschel Levi AACR2 8 December 1871 13 September 1920 Place of Birth Kensington, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Radiologist Herschel Harris arrived in Sydney, Australia when only an infant. He went on to study medicine and became a world-renowned expert in radiography. In c.1896 Harris set up Sydney Hospital's first X-ray Unit and pioneered the use of X-rays to heal keloid scars. He also established specialized training for sisters, wrote at least twenty-eight papers on radiology, and worked as an honorary radiologist at many Sydney hospitals. During World War I, Harris enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was sent to France and Greece. 1890 1890 Education - Enrolled in Arts at the University of Sydney 1891 1891 Education - Transferred to Medicine at the University of Sydney 1896 1896 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) & Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney 1896 1897 Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Sydney Hospital c. 1897 c. 1897 Career position - Founder of the X-ray Unit at Sydney Hospital 1897 1900 Career position - Senior Resident at Sydney Hospital 1900 1907 Career position - Honorary Skiagraphist, then Radiographer at the Sydney Hospital 1902 Career position - Honorary Radiographer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 1911 Career position - Honorary Radiographer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1914 1914 Career position - Captain and Radiologist, Australian Voluntary Hospital in Wimereux, France 1915 1915 Career position - Major with the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Lemnos, Greece Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Appointed Honorary Radiographer 1911

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 Harris, Lawrence Herschel (1871-1920)

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 'Harris, Lawrence Herschel Levi (Herschel)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Harris, Lawrence Herschel Levi (Herschel) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Harris, Lawrence Herschel Levi (1871-1920), radiologist Rutland, Suzanne D. Harris, Lawrence Herschel Levi (1871-1920), radiologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 211-212 Journal Article: The present position of the Röntgen rays in medicine and surgery Harris, L. H. The present position of the Röntgen rays in medicine and surgery 1906 Australasian medical gazette 25 78-85 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996