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The Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases opened in 1901 on the site of the Princess Alexandra Hospital at the corner of Ipswich Road and Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane. The foundation senior staff of the Diamantina Hospital in 1901 was the Matron (Miss Florence Chatfield), Medical Superintendent (Dr. Francis Hare), Dispenser/Head Wardsman (Mr. Frederick Staubwasser) and Visiting Medical Officer (Dr. Alfred Jefferis Turner).
Frederick Staubwasser’s role and life is less well known than the other three foundation staff. Of great value in exploring his story is his retrospective autobiography written for his family in 1933 - but for the period of his life 1872-1901, until he began his professional work and family life at the Diamantina Hospital.
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