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Sir Raphael West Cilento (2 December 1893 – 15 April 1985), often known as "Ray", [ 1] was an Australian medical practitioner and public health administrator . Early life and education.
Sir Raphael West (Ray) Cilento (1893-1985), medical practitioner and public servant, was born on 2 December 1893 at Jamestown, South Australia, second of five children of South Australian-born parents Raphael Ambrose Cilento, stationmaster, and his wife Frances Ellen Elizabeth, née West.
May 22, 2024 · Sir Raphael Cilento graduated in medicine at the University of Adelaide and then specialized in tropical medicine. He was Director-General of Health and Medical Services in Queensland 1934-1945 and Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine at the University of Queensland.
In his day, Raphael Cilento was one of the most prominent and controversial figures in Australian medicine. As a senior medical officer in the Commonwealth and ...
Sir Raphael Cilento, well known for his association with tropical medicine and social hygiene in Australia in the irst half of the twentieth century, also played a pivotal role in the maintenance and alteration of the Queensland government’s Aboriginal leprosy management strategies during the 1930s.3 Historians have generally overlooked Cilento’...
Jun 18, 2020 · In his day, Raphael Cilento was one of the most prominent and controversial figures in Australian medicine. As a senior medical officer in the Commonwealth and Queensland governments, he was an active participant in public health reform during the inter-war years and is best known for his vocal engagement with public discourse on the ...
Jan 1, 2010 · During the interwar period the race-based leprosy theories of doctors Cecil Cook and Sir Raphael Cilento directly informed leprosy management strategies in Queensland, the Northern Territory...
