Fifty Years a Taranaki Doctor 1842-1893 by Ian St. George.

Publisher: Ian St George, 2021.

Very good softback, slight edge-wear. Gift inscription to ffep, pages very good.

Henry Weekes was the first doctor in Taranaki: he arrived in 1841 and stayed only briefly. James Evans and George St George were the next two, arriving together on the Amelia Thompson in 1842, Evans leaving after four years. Other doctors came and went, but George Hanbury Farrady St George practised in Taranaki until he died for 51 years. Taranaki was a healthy spot and the settlers robust and resilient; doctors had to do more than just practise medicine to make a living. St George farmed, bred horses, worked for a carrying company and acted as an undertaker in the new settlement.

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