Return To Ireland
In November 1791, after a period on Norfolk Island working with fellow Irish surgeons D'Arcy Wentworth and Thomas Jamison, Considen returned to Sydney. Considen was granted leave because of ill health, and sailed on the Kitty for Ireland. He arrived at Cork in February 1794. Back in Ireland, he served as a hospital mate in the Army Medical Service until he was appointed deputy-purveyor for service on the European Continent. In August 1799, he was promoted to the position of purveyor. This enabled him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh and to better support his family.
Considen graduated as a Doctor of Medicine on the 24 June 1804, with a thesis entitled De Tetano, in which he refers to his discovery of eucalyptus oil. He was subsequently called to Cork to join an expedition bound for the Cape.
Considen maintained an interest in New South Wales and its natural history. He kept contact with his friends Thomas Arndell, George Johnston and D'Arcy Wentworth. Surviving records of Considen's character indicate that he was a humane man with an earnest desire to do well in his profession. On 6 January 1812 he was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. He died in 1815.
Joseph Maiden dedicated Eucalyptus consideniana in recognition of his pioneer work with eucalyptus oil.
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