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'''Elsie Jean Dalyell''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (13 December 1881 – 1 November 1948) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in [[pathology]]. During [[World War I]], she served in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] across Europe, and was appointed an Officer of [[Order of the British Empire]] upon the conclusion of the war.
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'''Elsie Jean Dalyell''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (13 December 1881 – 1 November 1948) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in [[pathology]]. During World War I, she served in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] across Europe, and was appointed an Officer of [[Order of the British Empire]] upon the conclusion of the war. In 1927 she co-founded a veneral disease clinic.


==Early life==
==Early life and education==
Dalyell was born in [[Newtown, New South Wales]] to James Melville Dalyell, a mining engineer, and Jean McGregor in 1881. She attended [[Sydney Girls' High School]] under its first headmistress Lucy Garvin.<ref name=SMH1920>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15902464 |title=RETURN OF DR. DALYELL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=25,777 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 August 1920 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and subsequently the [[University of Sydney]], where she studied arts and science for a year before transferring to medicine in 1906. During her time at the university, she was a resident of [[The Women's College, University of Sydney|The Women's College]].<ref name=adb>{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dalyell-elsie-jean-5875|title=Dalyell, Elsie Jean (1881–1948)|first=Ann M.|last=Mitchell|work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]|year=1981|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> She received her [[Bachelor of Medicine]] in 1909—becoming one of the first women in the faculty to graduate with first class honours—and completed a [[Master of Surgery]] in 1910.<ref name=usyd>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/senate/students_early_women_Dalyell.shtml|title=Elsie Jean Dalyell|publisher=[[University of Sydney]]|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref>
Dalyell was born in [[Newtown, New South Wales]] to James Melville Dalyell, a mining engineer, and Jean McGregor in 1881. She attended [[Sydney Girls' High School]] under its first headmistress [[Lucy Garvin]].<ref name=SMH1920>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15902464 |title=RETURN OF DR. DALYELL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=25,777 |date=17 August 1920 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and subsequently the [[University of Sydney]], where she studied arts and science for a year before transferring to medicine in 1906. During her time at the university, she was a resident of [[The Women's College, University of Sydney|The Women's College]],<ref name=adb>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=dalyell-elsie-jean-5875|title=Dalyell, Elsie Jean (1881–1948)|first=Ann M.|last=Mitchell|year=1981|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> which she shortly after described as "the most pleasant [time] in my life".<ref name=Beit/> She received her [[Bachelor of Medicine]] in 1909—becoming one of the first women in the faculty to graduate with first class honours—and completed a [[Master of Surgery]] in 1910.<ref name=usyd>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/senate/students_early_women_Dalyell.shtml|title=Elsie Jean Dalyell|publisher=[[University of Sydney]]|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Dalyell's first professional position was as a resident medical officer at Sydney's [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]]. In 1912 she became the first Australian woman to receive a [[Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research|Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research]], which took her to London to complete research at the [[Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine]].<ref name=adb/> When [[World War I]] broke out, she left the institute to join the war effort; she ended up in [[Skopje]], Macedonia, in 1915 to help in managing the [[typhus]] epidemic of the time.<ref name=adb/> She joined the [[Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service]] in 1916 and the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] in 1917—together, these commitments took her to France, Greece, Malta and Turkey.<ref name=adb/> The RAMC placed her in charge of a laboratory in the 63rd General Hospital in [[Thessaloniki]], a level of responsibility that had not previously been given to women.<ref name=Mercury/> In 1919 she was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (O.B.E.) and was decorated by the [[Government of Serbia]].<ref name=usyd/> She returned to Australia in 1920.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11490010 |title=DR. ELSIE DALYELL. |newspaper=[[The Mercury]] |volume=CXIII, |issue=15,864 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=4 September 1920 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
After graduation, Dalyell took a position demonstrating pathology at the university.<ref name=SMH1920/> Her first professional position was as a resident medical officer at Sydney's [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]]. In 1912 she became the first Australian woman to receive a [[Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research|Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research]],<ref name=Beit>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228838456 |title=THE BEIT FELLOWSHIP. |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=778 |location=Sydney |date=23 December 1912 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=12 (FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which took her to London to complete research at the [[Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine]],<ref name=adb/> for research into [[gastroenterology]] in children.<ref name=Beit/>


When World War I broke out, she left the institute to join the war effort; she ended up in [[Skopje]], Macedonia, in 1915 to help in managing the [[typhus]] epidemic of the time.<ref name=adb/> She joined the [[Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service]] in 1916 and the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] in 1917—together, these commitments took her to France, Greece, Malta and Turkey.<ref name=adb/> The RAMC placed her in charge of a laboratory in the 63rd General Hospital in [[Thessaloniki]], a level of responsibility that had not previously been given to women.<ref name=Mercury/> In 1919 she was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (O.B.E.) and was decorated by the [[Government of Serbia]].<ref name=usyd/> She returned to Australia in 1920.<ref name=Mercury>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11490010 |title=DR. ELSIE DALYELL. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CXIII |issue=15,864 |location=Tasmania|date=4 September 1920 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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Dalyell then took up a senior clinician role with a research group in [[Vienna]] led by [[Harriette Chick]],<ref name=adb/> describing the clinic as "the most scientific infant clinic" with "the most highly trained staff in the world".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120536821 |title=Dr. Dalyell's Lecture |newspaper=[[Sunday Times]] |issue=1942 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 April 1923 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> There she completed extensive research on paediatric [[malnutrition]]-related diseases, including [[rickets]].<ref name=adb/> In 1923 Dalyell returned to Sydney for a lecture tour, but then found she had very few job opportunities.<ref name=adb/> Her attempt to open a private practice failed, and she was eventually hired by the New South Wales Department of Public Health as an assistant [[microbiologist]] in 1924.<ref name=adb/> She was a committee member of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children from 1925 to 1935.<ref name=usyd/>


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Dalyell then took up a senior clinician role with a research group in [[Vienna]] led by [[Harriette Chick]],<ref name=adb/> describing the clinic as "the most scientific infant clinic" with "the most highly trained staff in the world".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120536821 |title=Dr. Dalyell's Lecture |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sydney)|The Sunday Times]] |issue=1942 |date=22 April 1923 |accessdate=31 August 2016 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> There she completed extensive research on paediatric [[malnutrition]]-related diseases, including [[rickets]].<ref name=adb/> In 1923 Dalyell returned to Sydney for a lecture tour, but then found she had very few job opportunities.<ref name=adb/> Her attempt to open a private practice failed, and she was eventually hired by the New South Wales Department of Public Health as an assistant [[microbiologist]] in 1924.<ref name=adb/>
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==Later life==

In her later life, Dalyell lived in [[Greenwich, New South Wales]]. She retired in 1946 and died on 1 November 1948 of [[hypertensive heart disease]] complicated by a [[coronary occlusion]].<ref name=adb/>
In 1926 she and [[Marie Montgomerie Hamilton]] who was an assistant medical officer began research concerning [[Veneral Disease|veneral disease]] in women. Treatment was difficult as penicillin would not be available for many year.<ref name=mks/> Dalyell was a committee member of the [[Rachel Forster Hospital|Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children]] from 1925 to 1935,<ref name=usyd/> and in 1927 she and Hamilton started a clinic for venereal diseases at the hospital.<ref name=mks>{{Citation |last=Stell |first=Marion K. |title=Marie Montgomerie Hamilton (1891–1955) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hamilton-marie-montgomerie-10404 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-10-23 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>

Dalyell Street in the Canberra suburb of [[Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory|Chisholm]] is named in her honour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schedule 'B' National Memorials Ordinance 1928-1972 Street Nomenclature List of Additional Names with Reference to Origin: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special (National : 1977 - 2012) - 8 Feb 1978|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240628906|last=|first=|date=|website=Trove|page=11|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

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==Personal life==
In her later life, Dalyell lived in [[Greenwich, New South Wales]]. Her nieces, Elsa and Lindsay "Jean" Hazelton, lived with her until Jean died by suicide in 1931.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224666496 |title=RADIO CALL |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=6319 |location=Sydney |date=11 February 1931 |accessdate=2 September 2016 |page=9 (LAST RACE EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Dalyell retired in 1946 and died on 1 November 1948 of [[hypertensive heart disease]] complicated by a [[coronary occlusion]].<ref name=adb/>

==Selected works==
*{{cite book|title=Hunger - osteomalacia in Vienna, 1920 : its relation to diet|first1=Elsie Jean|last1=Dalyell|first2=Harriet|last2=Chick|publisher=The Lancet|year=1921|location=London}}

==See also==
* [[Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service#Notable women volunteers|Other notable women volunteers in the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service]]
* [[Women in World War I]]
* [[Australian women in World War I]]
* [[Serbian campaign| The Serbian campaign (1914-1915)]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 18 November 2024

Elsie Jean Dalyell

OBE
Born(1881-12-13)13 December 1881
Newtown, New South Wales
Died1 November 1948(1948-11-01) (aged 66)
Greenwich, New South Wales
Service / branch
World War ISerbian Campaign
Alma materUniversity of Sydney

Elsie Jean Dalyell OBE (13 December 1881 – 1 November 1948) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in pathology. During World War I, she served in the Royal Army Medical Corps across Europe, and was appointed an Officer of Order of the British Empire upon the conclusion of the war. In 1927 she co-founded a veneral disease clinic.

Early life and education

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Dalyell was born in Newtown, New South Wales to James Melville Dalyell, a mining engineer, and Jean McGregor in 1881. She attended Sydney Girls' High School under its first headmistress Lucy Garvin.[1] and subsequently the University of Sydney, where she studied arts and science for a year before transferring to medicine in 1906. During her time at the university, she was a resident of The Women's College,[2] which she shortly after described as "the most pleasant [time] in my life".[3] She received her Bachelor of Medicine in 1909—becoming one of the first women in the faculty to graduate with first class honours—and completed a Master of Surgery in 1910.[4]

Career

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After graduation, Dalyell took a position demonstrating pathology at the university.[1] Her first professional position was as a resident medical officer at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. In 1912 she became the first Australian woman to receive a Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research,[3] which took her to London to complete research at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine,[2] for research into gastroenterology in children.[3]

When World War I broke out, she left the institute to join the war effort; she ended up in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1915 to help in managing the typhus epidemic of the time.[2] She joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in 1916 and the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1917—together, these commitments took her to France, Greece, Malta and Turkey.[2] The RAMC placed her in charge of a laboratory in the 63rd General Hospital in Thessaloniki, a level of responsibility that had not previously been given to women.[5] In 1919 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) and was decorated by the Government of Serbia.[4] She returned to Australia in 1920.[5]

Dalyell then took up a senior clinician role with a research group in Vienna led by Harriette Chick,[2] describing the clinic as "the most scientific infant clinic" with "the most highly trained staff in the world".[6] There she completed extensive research on paediatric malnutrition-related diseases, including rickets.[2] In 1923 Dalyell returned to Sydney for a lecture tour, but then found she had very few job opportunities.[2] Her attempt to open a private practice failed, and she was eventually hired by the New South Wales Department of Public Health as an assistant microbiologist in 1924.[2]

In 1926 she and Marie Montgomerie Hamilton who was an assistant medical officer began research concerning veneral disease in women. Treatment was difficult as penicillin would not be available for many year.[7] Dalyell was a committee member of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children from 1925 to 1935,[4] and in 1927 she and Hamilton started a clinic for venereal diseases at the hospital.[7]

Dalyell Street in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm is named in her honour.[8]

Personal life

[edit]

In her later life, Dalyell lived in Greenwich, New South Wales. Her nieces, Elsa and Lindsay "Jean" Hazelton, lived with her until Jean died by suicide in 1931.[9] Dalyell retired in 1946 and died on 1 November 1948 of hypertensive heart disease complicated by a coronary occlusion.[2]

Selected works

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  • Dalyell, Elsie Jean; Chick, Harriet (1921). Hunger - osteomalacia in Vienna, 1920 : its relation to diet. London: The Lancet.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "RETURN OF DR. DALYELL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25, 777. 17 August 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell, Ann M. (1981). "Dalyell, Elsie Jean (1881–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "THE BEIT FELLOWSHIP". The Sun. No. 778. Sydney. 23 December 1912. p. 12 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 31 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b c "Elsie Jean Dalyell". University of Sydney. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b "DR. ELSIE DALYELL". The Mercury. Vol. CXIII, no. 15, 864. Tasmania. 4 September 1920. p. 12. Retrieved 31 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Dr. Dalyell's Lecture". The Sunday Times. No. 1942. 22 April 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 31 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b Stell, Marion K., "Marie Montgomerie Hamilton (1891–1955)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 October 2023
  8. ^ "Schedule 'B' National Memorials Ordinance 1928-1972 Street Nomenclature List of Additional Names with Reference to Origin: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Special (National : 1977 - 2012) - 8 Feb 1978". Trove. p. 11. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ^ "RADIO CALL". The Sun. No. 6319. Sydney. 11 February 1931. p. 9 (LAST RACE EDITION). Retrieved 2 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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