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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-10-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007500b.htm person Campbell Allan AACR2 30 April 1836 30 October 1898 Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Medical practitioner Homeopath Politician Member of Parliament Allan Campbell was a prominent medical practitioner in Adelaide, having arrived in 1867. During his career he had a major influence on public health, being largely interested with the provision of medical services to the poor and to increasing general understanding of sanitation. In 1867 he established the Adelaide Homeopathic Dispensary with Henry Wheeler, treating patients there for the next 27 years. A smallpox outbreak prompted Campbell and his brother William to start the Children's Outpatient Dispensary, often giving their services free. Concerned for the quality of life and high premature death rates among destitute and poor children, Campbell advocated the establishment of the Adelaide Children's Hospital. In this endeavour he was supported by a group of prominent Adelaide citizens and members of the medical profession. The Hospital admitted its first patients in 1879. Another of Campbell's initiatives was to set up, with the assistance of the Rev. B.C. Stephenson and Edith Noble, a home-nursing service in Bowden, one of Adelaide's poorest suburbs. From this beginning he helped establish the District Trained Nursing Society. From 1879 to 1891 Campbell was a member of the Board of the Adelaide Hospital. Elected to the South Australian Parliament in 1878, Campbell was a strong advocate for improvements for several local hospitals and for improving the working conditions for women in sweated labour industries. He was instrumental in drafting the Health Act of 1898. For many years he contributed regularly to the South Australian register in an attempt to increase public knowledge of sanitation. 1864 1864 Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1866 1866 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, London Homeopathic Hospital January 1867 January 1867 Life event - Arrived in Adelaide 1867 1894 Career position - Founder and medical officer, Adelaide Homeopathic Dispensary 1878 1878 Career event - Established the Adelaide Children's Hospital 10 September 1878 30 October 1898 Career position - Member for The Province, Legislative Council, Parliament of South Australia 1879 1891 Career position - Member of the Board, Adelaide Hospital Magarey, Sylvanus James (1850 - 1901) Way, Edward Willis (c. 1847 - 1901)

Colleague and brother-in-law

 Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

Member, Board of Management 1879 - 1891

 Adelaide Children's Hospital (1878 - 1989)

Founded the Hospital 1878

 'Campbell, Allan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Campbell, Allan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Thesis: The medical profession and the state in South Australia, 1836-1975 Jennings, Reece The medical profession and the state in South Australia, 1836-1975 University of Adelaide 1998 Resource Section: Allan Campbell uses homeopathy to advance Adelaide public health and to start the children's hospital Adelaide AZ Allan Campbell uses homeopathy to advance Adelaide public health and to start the children's hospital Adelaide Adelaide AZ 2024 Book Section: Campbell, Allan (1936 - 1898), medical practitioner and administrator Edgar, Suzanne Campbell, Allan (1936 - 1898), medical practitioner and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 542 Resource: History of Homeopathy in Australia Centre for Australian Homeopathic History History of Homeopathy in Australia Centre for Australian Homeopathic History 2024 Resource: History of the WCH Women's and Children's Hospital History of the WCH Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2024