Mellick S
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
ANZ J Surg. 2001 Dec;71(12):757-62. doi: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2001.02276.x.
Herbert Michael Moran was born on 29 April 1885 in Sydney and died on 20 November 1945. I never had the good fortune to meet him but in 1946, when I was a fourth year medical student in Brisbane, I purchased a small brown-coloured book called Beyond the Hill lies China. To this day I cannot recall what led me to that purchase but I have looked at it from time to time over the past years and found it increasingly evocative of my own student and early hospital days. I have drawn deeply from the previous Moran lectures, particularly Sir John Loewenthal's lecture in 1974, which revealed for me the greatest detail about the man himself. I am indebted to Colin Smith, the College Archivist, for information held in his files; and Michael Moran who is here today for a number of personal reminiscences as well as family memorabilia. Moran was intensely interested in history. He was the founder of the first society dedicated to the study of the history of medicine in Australia, and through this activity he met the physician Leslie Cowlishaw whom he introduced to the College with the aim of securing Cowlishaw's 'vast knowledge of medical history and (his) wonderful library'. By a nice coincidence the third Cowlishaw Symposium was held at the College just 3 days ago, and Moran's College legacy is thereby increasingly recognized.
赫伯特·迈克尔·莫兰于1885年4月29日出生在悉尼，1945年11月20日去世。我从未有幸见过他，但在1946年，当我还是布里斯班一名四年级医学生时，我买了一本名为《山的那边是中国》的棕色小书。直到今天，我都想不起来是什么促使我买下了它，但在过去的这些年里，我不时地翻阅这本书，发现它越来越能唤起我自己学生时代和早期医院工作时的回忆。我从之前的莫兰讲座中深受启发，尤其是约翰·洛温塔尔爵士1974年的讲座，它为我揭示了关于这个人的最详细信息。我感谢学院档案管理员科林·史密斯提供保存在他档案中的信息；也感谢今天在场的迈克尔·莫兰分享的一些个人回忆以及家族纪念品。莫兰对历史有着浓厚的兴趣。他是澳大利亚第一个致力于医学史研究的学会的创始人，通过这项活动，他结识了医生莱斯利·考利肖，并把考利肖介绍给了学院，目的是获取考利肖“丰富的医学史知识和他那出色的藏书”。巧合的是，就在三天前，第三届考利肖研讨会在学院举行，莫兰对学院的遗赠也因此越来越受到认可。
