{"product_id":"the-heaslip-bequest-for-health-peter-mcdonald-9781923388154","title":"The Heaslip Bequest for Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Gordon Heaslip and his bequest to a medical school in South Australia to remedy the deficiencies in medical education he suffered before graduating MBBS [Adelaide] in 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1902 in mid-North South Australia where the pioneering Heaslip family created an agricultural dynasty Gordon chose to become a Methodist medical missionary. After completing medical and theological studies, Gordon and wife Barbara went to Fergusson Island in Papua.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter providing medical and spiritual care to Papuans during the depression, Gordon and Barbara returned to Adelaide where Gordon completed medical research on tropical fevers and joined the military in WW II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter medical discharge with polycythemia vera in 1946, Gordon developed farms in Tintinara and Gilles Downs Station near Iron Knob.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon died in 1961 from leukemia and polycythemia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlinders University received the bequest which is being applied to preventive medicine and primary health care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923388150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923388154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d","brand":"Peter McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440561828095,"sku":"9781923388154","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a135a95a-a3ec-4975-a1c9-7b79d5dee169.jpg?v=1777183262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heaslip-bequest-for-health-peter-mcdonald-9781923388154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}