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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2000-08-24 human Joanne Evans updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003095b.htm person Jamieson James AACR2 5 June 1840 1 August 1916 Place of Birth Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Physician James Jamieson was President of the Royal Society of Victoria in 1901. In 1868 Jamieson moved to Australia and set up a practice in Warrnambool, Victoria. He was also health officer to the municipality and honorary medical officer at the hospital. Jamieson promoted germ theory, better hygiene, the use of disinfectants, and isolation of the inflicted to battle infectious disease. In 1877 Jamieson moved to Melbourne. He was honorary physician in the outpatient department of the Melbourne Hospital in 1879-1884, then joined the senior staff at the Alfred Hospital, retiring in 1908. In 1885 he succeeded T. M. Girdlestone as health officer of the City of Melbourne. Jamieson also lectured at the University of Melbourne (MD ad eundem gradum, 1878) in obstetrics and diseases of women and children in 1879-1887, and in the theory and practice of medicine in 1887-1908. 1862 1862 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Glasgow 1863 1863 Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Glasgow 1868 1868 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Warrnambool, Victoria) 1868 1877 Career position - Health Officer, private practice and Honorary Medical Officer at the Warrnambool Hospital 1879 1884 Career position - Honorary Physician in the outpatient department of the Melbourne Hospital 1879 1887 Career position - Lecturer in obstetrics and diseases of women and children, University of Melbourne c. 1884 1908 Career position - Senior Physician at the Alfred Hospital 1885 1912 Career position - City Health Officer in Melbourne 1886 1886 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1887 1908 Career position - Lecturer in theory and practice of medicine, University of Melbourne 1900 1900 Career position - President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1901 1901 Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

President 1901

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene) 1900

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President 1886

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 'Jamieson, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Jamieson, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: On the value of the guaiacum test for blood. Jamieson, James On the value of the guaiacum test for blood. Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1869 The Australian Medical Journal 14 295-300 Journal Article: On the guaiacum test for blood Jamieson, James On the guaiacum test for blood Melbourne T.M. Buzzard 1869 The Australian Medical Journal 14 381-382 Conference Paper: James Jamieson and the Ladies Dyason, Diana J. James Jamieson and the Ladies Melbourne Medical History Unit and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, a 1984 Patients, Practitioners and Techniques: Second National Conference on Medicine and Health in Australia, Melbourne, 1984 Harold Attwood and R. W. Home Book Section: Jamieson, James (1840-1916), medical practitioner, university teacher and health officer Dunstan, David Jamieson, James (1840-1916), medical practitioner, university teacher and health officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 199-200 Jamieson, James Portrait Jamieson, James Portrait Royal Society of Victoria Presidential Portrait

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