Cedric Howell Swanton
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Cedric Howell Swanton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 March 1889 Medical Doctor |
| Years active | 1929-1959 (retirement) |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Private Practice (Sydney, NSW) 1937-? Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
| Sub-specialties | psychiatry |
Dr. Cedric Howell Swanton (Kew, Victoria, 23 March 1899 - Sydney, 11 September 1970) was an Australian physician and psychiatrist.
Biography
Swanton was educated at
Tavistock Clinic
.
In 1937 he opened a practice in Sydney as a consultant psychiatrist and was appointed to the honorary staff of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital psychiatric clinic, remaining there until retiring in 1959.
Although trained in
leucotomy
on many patients.
References
Garton, S. (2002) Swanton, Cedric Howell, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 16, p. 352. (Melbourne University Press: Melbourne).
