Papers of P. W. Verco, 1947-1990 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 716667
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Verco, P. W. (Peter Willis), 1919-
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Restricted until Sept. 2005.
- Description:
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- [1947-1990]
- 4.76 m. (34 boxes)
- Summary:
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Papers relating to the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, the Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, the Queen Victoria Hospital, the Adelaide Children's Hospital, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Australasian Medical Publishing Company, the South Australian Medical Heritage Society, the South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association, the Medical Defence Association of Australia, the Australian Medical Association, the Ultrasonics Institute, the Australian Institute of Radiology, and others; professional and personal correspondence, and writings; Verco and Orry genealogy; brochures on scanning equipment; and other papers.
- Biography/History:
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A radiologist and ultrasonographer, Verco was in private practice in South Australia from 1948 to 1984. He introduced to Australia percutaneous arteriography, cerebral angiography and aortography, together with modern methods of ventriculography and tomography in the early 1950s. In 1973 he introduced the use of obstetric ultrasound to Adelaide. Verco served as President of the South Australian Branch of the British Medical Association from 1957-58, President of the Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine from 1980-81, and President of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists from 1983-84.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 8052
- Related Material:
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- Books from this collection were transferred to the National Library of Australia main book collection.
- Fifty press photographs from this collection were transferred to the National Library of Australia Pictorial Section.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (14 p.).
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1947-1990
- Occupation:
- Doctors
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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