Auckland Medical Historical Society 

SPECIAL MEETING AND

BOOK LAUNCH

Thursday 25 October 2007

Trio Books.
ISBN 978-0-9582455-9-3

Sponsored by 

The Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Medical Association
in the Ernest & Marion Davis Library 

Dr Graeme Woodfield

Graeme is an old boy of Timaru Boys’ High School and a retired medical specialist, who has been married to Annabell for 45 years.  They live on 10 acres just outside Auckland, and look after 200 chestnut trees and sundry cattle.  They have four children and 10 grandchildren (and counting).

Graeme spends his time writing, looking after an organisation that provides medical items to Third World countries and visiting India each year to help in the upgrading of blood centres in various cities.

He has written many scientific papers but after undertaking a university English course many years ago, he has always wanted to write of historical events.  This biography of Jack Lovelock is his first book and he is now engaged in writing a second book about another famous New Zealand doctor.

PLAN FOR THE EVENING

Upstairs

6.00pm Drinks - Dining and Reading rooms

Lovelock book display and purchase

Concession price $25 - (normally $30) cash or cheque.

6.30pm Dinner, Dining Room

Continuous Lovelock Power Point display

Downstairs

7.30pm Presentations – Lecture Hall

Introduction: Chairman, Ron Trubuhovich AMHS, introducing

Ron Goodey, NZMA

Comment: Graeme Woodfield: Preamble & Olympic film

Introduction of:-

Mr Spencer Wade - NZ Mile Champion, 1939

Speakers on Jack Lovelock (10 min’s each)

Jack Sinclair “How good an athlete was JL”

Average running speed for mile or 1500 meters world record versus year.
L = Lovelock, B = Bonthron, S = Snell, W = Walker

John Heslop “Early years of Lovelock”

Diana Martin “The vaccine Lovelock used”

Harold Coop “Eye problems of Lovelock”

Roger Culpan “A psychiatric analysis of Lovelock”

Barrie Tait “Lovelock’s Medical Speciality”

Panel: (20mins) Speakers and Philip Wrightson

Chairman: Closing Remarks

Important Notice

This meeting has been generously subsidised by the NZMA and members of the Society and NZMA have both been invited: Seating is limited. Prior notification is essential even if you are just coming to the presentations. Bookings will be made on a first come basis.  

Just a reminder that the Annual Dinner will be held on Thursday 15^th November, not on the 16^th November, as stated in the Annual Programme. 

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Graeme Woodfield, Haematology

Barry Tait, Physical Medicine

Roger Culpan, Psychiatry

Harold Coop, Ophthalmology

Jack Sinclair, Physiology

Diana Martin, Microbiology

Philip Wrightson, Neurosurgery

John Heslop, Surgeon and Sports Medicine