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A riposte for a fencer
Author(s) -
Finckh Ernest S,
Finckh Andrew S
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123852.x
Subject(s) - preference , psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , medical education , medicine , humanities , family medicine , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematics , statistics
Alfred Finckh gained a residency at Sydney Hospital in 1905 in preference to a more academically successful female medical graduate, amid some controversy over the place of female doctors in hospitals. Here, two of his descendants argue his cause: that he was an experienced scientist with qualities that merited his selection for the post.