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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…
Carmalt Jones and Fitchett Memorial bookplate.
On the retirement of Professors D. W. Carmalt Jones and Professor F. Fitchett, a sum of 300 pounds was collected by graduates of the Medical School to commemorate the services of these two eminent teachers. The graduates stated that the sum was to be…
Selwyn Ballet, Peter’s Pantomime, Capping Show, 1989.
An extract from the 1989 Capping Show called Peter’s Pantomime. The clip records the performance by the Selwyn Ballet, New Zealand’s oldest ballet company. The Selwyn Ballet is only open to male members of Selwyn College.