Summary

Australia
Britannica Australia Awards 1964 (AD)
Mint: K.G.Luke
Awarded to: Campbell, Kate I. (Dame)
Other Details: The Britannica Australia awards were established in 1964 by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. Medals were awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions associated with Australia in five disciplines: Art, Education, Literature, Medicine and Science. This medal was awarded to Dame Kate Isabel Campbell, a prominent Melbourne doctor who specialised in children's diseases and discovered that blindness in premature babies was caused by an overdose of oxygen. Her work resulted in the adjustment of the treatment of premature babies world-wide. Together with Norman Gregg she was co-winner of the first Encyclopaedia Britannica award for medicine.

Physical Description

A gold medal (62 mm diameter) featuring a map of Australia bearing the name of the recipient and a thistle with the date 1768

Obverse Description

At centre, map of Australia inscribed MEDICINE / 1964 / KATE I. CAMPBELL; around, BRITANNICA AUSTRALIA AWARDS.

Reverse Description

A thistle, below, 1768

Edge Description

Plain but stamped "S.L.D. 18C K.G.L at 06

Significance

The Britannica Australia awards were established in 1964 by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. Medals were awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions associated with Australia in five disciplines: Art, Education, Literature, Medicine and Science. -Australian Academy of Science web site http://www.science.org.au/awards/aasmedal.htm. -D. Tout-Smith 25/9/2003.

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