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was constructed on the hospital campus. In 1933 he resigned as chairman of Prince Alfred due to his annoyance at the shortage of government financial support. On the foundation of the
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in 1917, 1918 and 1923. In 1924 and 1925 he served as deputy chancellor. He was an examiner within the faculty of medicine for 19 years from 1911. Purser served on the councils of
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After appointments as a resident medical officer and a medical superintendent at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Purser began private practice in
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and for a term chaired the public health and kindred sciences section of the Society. Purser was honorary
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at Royal Prince Alfred in 1896, and from 1912 until his death he was a consultant physician with rooms in
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was his speciality. He was a member of the Tuberculosis Advisory Board and the
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Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 161
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in 1893. In the same year he married Louisa Victoria Brierley in the
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Dr
FRACP
Castle Hill, New South Wales
Wahroonga, New South Wales
Australian
Newington College
University of Sydney
Royal College of Physicians
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
physician
physician
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
University of Sydney
Castle Hill, New South Wales
Newington College
St Andrew's College
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Medicine and Chemistry
Petersham
Congregational church
A.B. Shand
honorary
Macquarie Street, Sydney
pulmonary tuberculosis
New South Wales
War Memorial Hospital, Waverley
Crown Street Women's Hospital
Rockefeller Building
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Fellow

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