Sir Darcy Cowan
Born(1885-08-08)8 August 1885
Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Died9 June 1958(1958-06-09) (aged 72)
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Resting placePayneham Cemetery
Occupationphysician
SpouseEffie Hewitt Cox (1886–1971) grand daughter of William Doudy
Childrenno children
Parent(s)James Cowan and Sarah Ann, née Warren

Sir Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan (8 August 1885 – 9 June 1958) was an Australian medical practitioner and advocate of effective treatment of tuberculosis.[1]

Family

The sixth of seven sons of James Cowan and Sarah Ann (née Warren) and brother of Gladys Rosalind Lewis.[2]

He married Effie Hewitt Cox, grand daughter of William Doudy, on 19 April 1910 at the home of his brother-in-law Alfred von Doussa, at Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia.[3] They had no children.

Education and career

Cowan attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide.

Cowan was in England at the start of World War I. Darcy served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and later the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve as an honorary captain.

He championed the effective treatment of tuberculosis, including the use of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine.

He championed the establishment of Bedford Industries Inc,[4] focusing on the rehabilitation of those afflicted with tuberculosis and also worked with the James Brown Memorial Trust which owned and managed Kalyra Sanatorium and Estcourt House, Grange.

He was knighted in 1955 in "recognition of service to medicine."[5] He was a member of the Adelaide Club and a life member of the British Medical Association. The Australian Laennec Society commemorated him by the Sir Darcy Cowan prize for research into respiratory disease.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Woodruff, Philip (1993). "Cowan, Sir Darcy Rivers Warren (1885–1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Death Of Mrs. Essington Lewis". The Advertiser. Vol. 97, no. 29, 868. Adelaide. 7 July 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 8 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Family Notices". The Express and Telegraph (4 o'clock. ed.). Adelaide. 29 April 1910. p. 1. Retrieved 20 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "New Workshop For T.B. Sufferers". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 1 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 20 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "COWAN, Darcy Rivers Warren". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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