WELLINGTON MEDICAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Archie Kerr

Archie was a General Paediatrician at Hutt Hospital from 1976 - 2008.  He was actively involved with the Paediatric Society, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Cystic Fibrosis Association.

He is currently involved with the Menz Shed, Naenae and the Woodworkers' Guild of Wellington.

Other interests include History, Economics and the effect on our Society, and Liberal Christianity.

Talks given to WMHS previously have included:

History of infant feeding

Man versus Beast - malaria

2005 Medical History of Turkey
2006What Doctors do in their Spare Time
2008 A History of Paediatrics at Hutt Hospital
2009 Endocrinology in 200BC
2012Docs at Sea
2015 Sailer, Painter, Composer - orphans in the 18th Century
2018 Small Pox but a Big Problem
2019 Ancient Indian Medicine
2023 Man v Beast - how malaria has shaped the world we live in
2023 History of infant feeding