1776 FORSTER, Johann Reinhold (1729 – 1798); FORSTER, Johann Georg Adam (1754 – 1794)
Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775.
This account of botanical discoveries made by the Forsters in Australia and New Zealand on Cook's second voyage was one of the earliest scientific publications resulting from that voyage. Specimens were illustrated on…
GMN 12477 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14710
1805 DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans: Including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species of the more splendid, beautiful, and interesting insects, hitherto discovered in those countries, and which for the most part have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are correctly delineated from specimens of the insects; and with the descriptions are arranged according to the Linnæan system, with reference to the writings of Fabricius and other entomologists.
"Apart from occasional excursions in England and Wales Donovan never left London. His Insects of New Holland is based on specimens collected by Joseph Banks and William Bayly an astronomer on the second and third voya…
GMN 9085 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11264
1836 KNOX, Frederick John (1794 – 1873)
The anatomist's instructor, and museum companion; being practical directions for the formation and subsequent management of anatomical museums.
"Dr Frederick Knox was the librarian of New Zealand's first public library. He emigrated from Scotland in July 1840 and within days of arriving in Port Nicholson became involved in establishing the country's first pub…
GMN 7674 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9846
1843 –1859 HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H. M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843.
Part 1: Flora of Lord Auckland and Campbell's Islands (1843-45); Part 2: Flora of Fuegia, the Falklands, Karguellen's land, etc. (1845-47); Part 3: Flora of New Zealand. 2 vols. (1851-53); Part 4: Flora of Tasmania. 2…
GMN 7448 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9620
1896 BANKS, Sir Joseph (1743 – 1820); HOOKER, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817 – 1911)
Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks...during Captain Cook's first voyage in H.M.S. Edeavour in 1766-71 to Terra de Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies. Etc. Edited by Sir Joseph D. Hooker.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 12949 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15196
1940 ROBB, George Douglas (1899 – 1974)
Medicine and health in New Zealand: A retrospect and a prospect.
Medical education, the hospital system, the relationship between specialists and general practitioners, and the brain drain of doctors to Britain.
GMN 12541 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14778
1964 BARRATT-BOYES, Sir Brian Gerald (1924 – 2006)
Homograft aortic valve replacement in aortic incompetence and stenosis.
Subcoronary homograft valve; report on 44 patients, of whom 41 survived. Barratt-Boyes was a pioneering cardiac surgeon in New Zealand.
GMN 3047.18 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3629
1966 WILLIAMS, Pip M. E.
Te Rongoa Maori: Maori medicine.
"Arriving in Kaikohe (in the Far North) as a pharmacist he [the author] "passed into a new world as far as medicine was concerned." He found that customers made their own "concoctions" and were under the influence of …
GMN 12410 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14640
1967 PORRITT, Arthur Espie Baron Porritt (1900 – 1994)
The history of medicine in New Zealand.
Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
GMN 12405 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14635
1979 MONRO, Alexander, Secundus (1733 – 1817); MONRO, Alexander, Primus (1697 – 1767); TAYLOR, Douglass W.; MONRO, Alexander, Tertius (1773 – 1859)
The Monro collection in the Medical Library of the University of Otago: A descriptive catalogue with annotations and introduction
Scottish army surgeon John Monro (1670-1740) initiated a series of events that lead to the establishment of a dynasty which, beginning with his son Alexander Monro, changed the course of medical teaching and learning.…
GMN 8772 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10950
1980 BROOKING, T. W. H.
A history of dentistry in New Zealand.
GMN 12916 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15163
1987 WRIGHT-ST CLAIR, R. E.
A history of the New Zealand Medical Association: The first 100 years.
GMN 12542 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14779
1995 DOW, Derek A.
Safeguarding the public health: A history of the New Zealand Department of Health.
GMN 12544 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14781
1999 DOW, Derek A.
Maori health and government policy 1840-1940.
GMN 12543 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14780
2012 LAUGESEN, Miriam J.; GAULD, Robin
Democratic governance & health: Hospitals, Politics and health policy in New Zealand.
"New Zealand is the only country in the world where elected health boards have long been a core feature of the health care system. These boards are conceptually important and aspirational for policy-makers and communi…
GMN 10668 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12861
2015 SAINSBURY, Richard
A history of the Medical Council of New Zealand. Compiled by Richard Sainsbury.
Available only as a PDF from ncnz.org at this link.
GMN 12545 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14782
