Kate Isabel Campbell

Dame
Kate Isabel Campbell
DBE CBE FRCOG
Campbell, wearing her CBE, 4 March 1954
Born(1899-04-22)22 April 1899
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Died12 July 1986(1986-07-12) (aged 87)
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
EducationUniversity of Melbourne

Dame Kate Isabel Campbell, DBE, FRCOG (22 April 1899 – 12 July 1986) was a noted Australian physician and paediatrician.[1] Campbell's discovery, that blindness in premature babies was caused by high concentrations of oxygen, resulted in the alteration of the treatment of premature babies world-wide and for this she received global recognition.[2]

  1. ^ "Campbell, Kate Isabel, (Dame, DBE, CBE, FRCOG) (1899-1986) - People and organisations - Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ^ Smith, Ailie (1 August 2007). "Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899 - 1986)". Encyclopaedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 4 November 2015.