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Author Saint, Eric G. (Eric Galton), 1918-1989, interviewee.
Title Interview with Professor Eric Galton Saint / [interviewed by Anne Reid.
Published/Produced 1985.

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 Online  OH2133    AVAILABLE  
 2nd Floor Oral History Stack  OH2133  Audio (Access)    FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY  REQUEST RETRIEVAL
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Details

Call Number OH2133
Physical description 2 audiocassettes : analog, stereo : 10 x 7 cm, 4 mm tape + 1 transcript (24 pages) + 1 index (3 leaves)
1 online resource (4 audio files (1 hr., 41 min.)) : digital, WAV
Series University of Western Australia Archives oral history project
University of Western Australia Archives oral history project
200 Voices from the Oral History Records Rescue Group Project
Notes Title devised by cataloguer.
Digital preservation in WAV format.
Transcript Transcript (typescript, 24 pages)
Notes Interviewed for the University of Western Australia Archives.
Access advisory Access open.
Date/time and place of an event Interview by Anne Reid with Professor Eric Galton Saint, took place in the studios of 6UVS FM on Monday, 10 June 1985.
Additional formats Audio cassette tape also available at the University of Western Australia Archives.
Original version Original version: 2 audio cassettes University of Western Australia Archives OH49.
Rights advisory Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Notes This sound recording has been preserved and made available by the Oral History Records Rescue Group (OHRRG) Project supported by Lotterywest.
The transcript for this oral history recording may differ from the sound recording and may contain additional information. It is recommended that both the transcript and sound recording are consulted together.
Summary Prof Saint narrates his early days in England and going to Durham University and graduating with a medical and a medical science degree in 1942. He talks about joining the air force during WWII as a medical officer. While back in Newcastle in 1946, he shares how while doing research on occupational diseases of coal miners, he came upon asbestosis in Western Australia and decided to take up a contract at Port Hedland. Prof Eric Saint recalls how he went on to Melbourne after that and returned to work in Perth Royal Hospital in 1953 and the difficulties in setting up a medical shool in WA in the early days.
Foundation Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia from 1956 to 1968. Discusses his education, medical practice and experience, clinical research unit, UWA medicine Dept., Wittenoom asbestosis, Royal Perth Hospital.
Subjects Saint, Eric G. (Eric Galton), 1918-1989 -- Interviews.
University of Western Australia. Faculty of Medicine -- History.
Physicians -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
Medical colleges -- Western Australia -- Perth.
Medicine -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Western Australia.
Medical education -- Western Australia -- History.
College teachers -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
Related names University of Western Australia.
Reid, Anne, interviewer.