Published by the author, Auckland, 1976. Number 1993 of a limited edition. Hardback with DW in good condition.
This book developed accidentally from compilation of notes incidental to other researches over many years.
It covers medical history of European medicine in New Zealand, effects of European culture contact on Maori health and the history of individual diseases in the Maori in this period.The book, written in lay language, to help intending doctor understand many future Polynesian patients and their problems.
Interested layman will find much of interest in medical problems confronting Maori, pioneers & early settlers in NZ. Makutu, a disease of reputed supernatural origin is surveyed in relation to modern medical practice and reveals the substantial gap between Maori & Pakeha.