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Letter to the Chancellor of the University of Otago.
A letter to the Chancellor of the University of Otago from Emily Siedeberg, dated March 10th 1891, York Place. 'To the Chancellor of the Otago University -- Sir -- Having passed the necessary preliminary examination, I desire to enter myself as a…
Group of students and skeleton friend.
Six medical students and David Blacky, son of Professor Blacky, pose with a skeleton and anatomical dummy.
Rina Moore, 1923-1975.
Believed to be the first female of Maori descent to graduate in medicine in New Zealand, Rina Moore (nee Rohipa), of Ngati Kahungunu, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, and Rangitane, obtained her medical degree from Otago University in 1949.
Medical School staff.
A photograph of Medical School professors standing on the steps of the Otago Medical School Building - Sir Louis Barnett, Sir Lindo Ferguson, Dr Daniel Colquhoun (behind), Dr William John Mullin, Dr William Stewart Weeding Roberts (in front).
Medical school seniors.
Medical school seniors of 1934, including who is thought to be Jione Antonia Rabici Doviverata [Dovi], possibly the first Pacific student to graduate from the Otago Medical School in 1935.
Kathleen Annuei Pih-Chang, 1929-1991.
In 1929, Kathleen Chang became the first person of Chinese descent to graduate from the Otago Medical School.See Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (1941-1960), Volume 5, Wellington, 2000, and Eva Ng's biography of Kathleen Chang in D. Maxwell,…
Emily Siedeberg.
A photograph of Emily Siedeberg-McKinnon M.B, Ch. B (1873-1968). This image is included in a scrapbook alongside the letter she wrote to the Chancellor of the University of Otago in 1891. The letter was written as a request for entry into the…
Caricature of Professor William Percy Gowland, Medical School.
A caricature of Professor William Percy Gowland with a skeleton behind him in an identical pose, illustrated by Russell Clark.
Montage of Medical School staff and Students, 1940.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, surgery scenes, and students listening to lectures.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.
Caricature of medical school professors.
A colour caricature by P. W. Eisdell Moore, depicting Professors from the School of Medicine. Left to right: Joseph Bernard Dawson, Eric F. D’Ath, Francis Gordon Bell, Charles Ernest Hercus, John Malcolm, William Percy Gowland, and Frederick Horace…
Staff Galaxy, Medical School Staff.
A caricature of seven members of the Medical School staff, including one woman, illustrated by Russell Clark and dated October 1934.
Queen Mary Maternity Hospital, medical school students.
Two photographs from a photo series on the Queen Mary Maternity Hospital. Upper: Two students in their accommodation playing a board game. Lower: A male student removing the nappy of a newborn baby. The captions read: "The students’ living room,…
Professor William Percy Gowland, Medical School.
William Percy Gowland (1879-1965) was the Professor of Anatomy at the Otago Medical School between 1914 and 1943. He went on to become the Director of Medical Services at Wellington Hospital from 1944 to 1949.
Eye of the Needle caricature.
A caricature showing the various obstacles that face medical students during their metaphorical climb up the 'mountain of life'. After encountering exams, financial difficulties and illness, they reach their ultimate goal - a degree as depicted by a…
Cover of the 1945 Digest Magazine.
The cover of the 1945 edition of the Medical School magazine, Digest. The image juxtaposes a soldier with a gun and a surgeon with a scalpel, both held at the same angle. Medical students were exempt from conscription during World War II. Due to a…