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7 October 2009
In acknowledgement of Sir Edward ‘Weary' Dunlop's connection with what is now the Monash Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, a small but important piece of his legacy has made its way on to the Parkville campus.
Sir Edward's wooden medicine chest, with empty medicine bottles that once contained eucalyptus oil, Epsom salts, sulphur ointment, ammonia, bicarbonate of soda and compound liquorice ointment, is on loan to the faculty where he began his illustrious medical career 85 years ago.
The chest travelled the world alongside Sir Edward, whose most distinguished work was among Prisoners of War in Singapore and Burma in World War II.
During the course of his life he received numerous honours and awards in recognition of his achievements. In 1977 he was named Australian of the Year and in 1988 one of the 200 Great Australians. He died in 1993 and his state funeral, held in Melbourne, attracted 10,000 mourners.
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