| The medical zoologist--Ronald Vernon Southcott. | |
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PMID: 16934849 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Dr Ronald Vernon Southcott (1918-1998) was amongst the greatest of the Australian doctor-naturalists. His toxinological contributions included the description and naming of the box-jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, the first definitive study (1950-1957) of the toxinology, taxonomy and biology of Australian scorpions; and the first observations in Australia of the introduced fiddleback spider, Loxosceles. His research into the medical effects of toxic fungi, poisonous plants and Australian insects was extensive. He was a founding member of the International Society on Toxinology and served on the Toxicon Editorial Board for more than 30 years. He also made extensive contributions to acarology, and to the taxonomy of mites, specifically the sub-families and genera of the Erythraeoidea. This prodigious output was achieved by one who, with the exception of war service (1942-1946), almost never travelled outside South Australia, was almost entirely self-funded and worked from his home laboratory. With Dr. P.D. Scott and C.J. Glover, he was also the authority on the fish of South Australia. Dr. Southcott was also a medical epidemiologist and senior medical administrator (1949-1978) with the Australian Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs. He served for 30 years as an Honorary Consultant in Toxicology to the Adelaide Children's Hospital. As a zoologist and botanist of astounding breadth, he worked indefatigably in a voluntary capacity for the South Australian Museum, of which he was Museum Board Chairman from 1974 to 1982. In the pantheon of the great doctor-naturalists who have worked in Australia, he stands with Robert Brown and Thomas Lane Bancroft. |
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Authors:
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John Pearn |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits Date: 2006-07-15 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology Volume: 48 ISSN: 0041-0101 ISO Abbreviation: Toxicon Publication Date: 2006 Dec |
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Created Date: 2006-11-20 Completed Date: 2007-01-11 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1307333 Medline TA: Toxicon Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 755-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia. j.pearn@mailbox.uq.edu.au |
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Animals Australia History, 20th Century Toxicology / history* Zoology / history* |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Ronald Vernon Southcott |
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