Phyllis Cilento
Phyllis Dorothy Cilento was an Australian medical practitioner, prominent medical journalist and pioneering advocate of family planning in Queensland. In the early 1970s, she decided to travel the world to investigate vitamin E therapy. She published her findings in a three-part series in Woman’s Day, an Australian weekly magazine, in November 1973. She continued writing a health column for Australian newspapers until her death at the age of 82 in 1987.
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Phyllis Dorothy Cilento was an Australian medical practitioner, prominent medical journalist and pioneering advocate of family planning in Queensland. She was well-known through her active advocacy of health issues for women and children. In the early 1970s, she decided to travel the world to investigate vitamin E therapy. Her travels took her to Singapore, Germany, Britain and North America. She published her findings in a three-part series in Woman’s Day, an Australian weekly magazine, in November 1973. She died on 26 July 1987 in Brisbane and was buried in Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery. Her husband was a medical doctor and administrator, and tropical medicine specialist, who was knighted in 1935.
The Cilentos had six children, including actress Diane Cillento, and remained married until Raphael’s death in 1985. Dr. CILento was also active in medical organisations, including the inaugural Queensland Medical Society in 1929. She pursued her passion for mothers and children through the establishment of the Mothercraft Association of Queensland in 1931. She continued writing a health column for Australian newspapers until her death at the age of 82 in 1987. Her advice was criticised by the medical community as she was ahead of her time in advocating natural childbirth, contraception, the legalisation of abortion and that fathers be present at the birth of their children.
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