The Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History is a museum at the University of Queensland Mayne Medical School at 288 Herston Road, Herston,

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, Australia. Operated by volunteers and supported by the

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Alumni, it has a collection of over 7,000 items of medical memorabilia, medical and surgical instruments. The focus is on the study of medical history in Queensland, but the collection includes items with broader significance to Australia and internationally.

History

The museum was established 1950 with donations of material from Dr Alexander Hammett Marks and Dr John Hardie from the collection of his father Sir David Hardie, Queensland’s first medical knight. In 1980, the museum was renamed Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History, honouring a number of generations of the Marks family who have contributed to the collection and Dr

Konrad Hirschfeld Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld CBE (1904-1987) was an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He pioneered thoracic surgeries in Australia. He became a university academic, administrator and medical historian. Early life Franz Konrad Sa ...

(son of Eugen Hirschfeld), who was the museum's curator for more than 20 years.

References

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