Specialization, surgery, and the Sydney Bulletin.
The development of specialization in Australian medicine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was not welcomed by all practitioners. Nor was the separation of a class of credentialled surgeons welcomed. The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons met opposition from many medical quarters, some of which found an unexpected amplifier in the Sydney Bulletin.
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