Struan Keith Sutherland (1936 - 2002): Guide to Records
Listed by Barbara Cytowicz and Gavan McCarthy
Struan Keith Sutherland was head of the Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 1994-1999. Before that he had spent 28 years conducting venom research at CSL and advising on patient management. He and his colleagues developed the lifesaving funnel-web spider antivenom, the pressure-immobilisation first-aid technique for snake bite and the first commercially viable snake venom detection kit. Sutherland was a prolific author, publishing over 300 scientific articles. His books included the standard medical textbook on envenomation, Australian Animal Toxins, the best selling Venomous Creatures of Australia and the autobiography, A Venomous Life. [Details]
- About the records
- Provenance - creators and former custodians
- Series list and summary descriptions
- Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Personal - Biographical Material
- Series 2 - Theses
- Series 3 - Reference Materials
- Series 4 - Publications - Reprints
- Series 5 - General Correspondence - Subject Files
- Series 6 - Slide Collection
- Series 7 - Audio-visual Collection
- Series 8 - Photograph Collection
- Series 9 - Research Data
- Series 10 - Specimens
- These records are managed by the AVRU, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne. All queries relating to access should be made to AVRU, Department of Pharmacology.
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