The kitchen where Dr John Cade experimented and discovered lithium salts as a viable treatment for bipolar disorder, taken 1993. Courtesy of Prof. John Cade
27 March 2021 - 27 March 2021
A talk with Dr Greg de Moore
2.00PM | FREE ENTRY
Join Dr Greg de Moore co-author of Finding Sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder, a biography of the ground-breaking Australian doctor who discovered the first pharmacological treatment for mental illness right here at Bundoora Homestead, formerly Bundoora Repatriation Mental Hospital.
This talk accompanies Shannon Lyon’s exhibition Li in the Dining Room, which pays homage to the care-giving environment that once existed at this site.
Ages: adults
Bookings essential: via Eventbrite